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i^lating to Hnrfl^ Bellwood^ Rofs, Santoft^ &c. it appears 
that then all thefe places were covered with a great old 
d&ayi'lig Foreft or Wood ^ and not them only, but alfo 
all that low Common between Croul Caufey and Authrop 
uvon Tfe^t 5 and tho there* be not one ftick of any fcich 
tiling now be feen, yet it is not only plainly manifeft 
fehat the fame was true from the Roots there found, but 
alfo from the faid Roots, that moft ot the Trees that 
then grew there were Firs. All which were but the 
after- growth, and Relifts of the famous great Foreft 
formerly defcribed unto you, that was dcftroyed by tlie 
Conquering Romans. I heartily thank you for your great 
kindnefs, in convincing me that thof«Trees fo oft before 
mentioned, are Fir^Trees, and not Pitch-Trees, which I 
eall'd by the latter name in fome of my Letters unto you 3 
that which led me into tkis Error was^ not only the Ex- 
preffions of fome famous Authors, who had not accurate- 
ly enough diftingui(h*d the Trees 5 but alfo the Deference 
that I would fain have had to the Honour" of the moft 
Famous Hero JulimC^far, who fo pofitively fays that 
no Firs grow in Britam : tho indeed I might with reafpn 
have given as little heed to hitn in that, as to the next 
Tree that h^ mentions, to wit, the Beech, which he ex- 
cludes alfo^ and whicli is- fo common in every part of 
this famous Nation. 
Ti)or^f March 2y. 1702,. 
IT is certain that nothing advances Knowledge more 
than a ready and free Communication of what pafles 
Curious in every part : So, tho m.any have writ de Pene- 
nk de hk qui a Canihm Rahidk r/iomor/i fnerunt^ as the 
Learned Vamus^ Donatusy Codronchus^ &c. and have com- 
municated Relations of fuch to the Learned World 5 -yet 
*giye me leave to add anotherjthat happened in the Family 
of 
