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of Iron, fearch in tKe foft and boggy Ground for thefe 
Trees; and by this way of Tryal, can, in a great Mea- 
fure, difcover the length and thickneftof tnefe Trees, 
and get a Livelfhood by ir. Some are fb large, that they 
are ufed for Timber in building HoufeSj which is faid 
to be more durable than Oak itfelfi others are fplit into 
Lathes, others are cm into long Chips, and tied up in 
Bundles, and fentto the Markec Towns (everal Miles 
off to light Tobacco, Thofe that I viewed, were all 
broken- off from the Roots, I fuppofe by Violence-cf- 
Storm or Water, or both ; and upon Enqairy do find, 
fhat they are al! after the fame manner. Thife Tryers 
doaffiriB, that at three or four Yards depth they find 
flumps of Trees , broken off ; fbme t^^o, three or four 
Foot from the Ground, and to be exaclly the fame 
Wood with the Subterraneous Trees. Upon the firft 
fight of thefi, I was induced to embrace an Opinion 
that I had long ago laid afide, (v}z ') that thefe are re- 
ally Firr-trees or Pine-trees ,* the Country People here* 
about call them Firr-wood. The bate or texture of this 
Wood is the fame with Firr, eafily fplitting : If burotj, 
it fends cut the fame Rofinous Smell, and it af^- 
fords the fame Coale. The Branches generally grow in 
Circles, as the Knots do yet teftiffe : The Knots do 
eafily part from the reft of the Wood, as is ufuai in Firr- 
Wood. The fireightnefs and length of thefe Trees, 
arealfa aprefumption, that they muft be foch,- if one 
confider that fome of thefe are nigh a Hundred Foot 
long; and at the bottom, not much above a Foot in 
Diameter. They affirmed to me, that their tops lay all 
one way, (viz.) with the Current of the Water. There 
are alio Oaks found there, though not in fo great quan- 
tity. The Vitriolick parts of the Earth (in which they 
have lain, hath g\ven them a black Tinfture quite 
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