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Received P'ebruary 4. 
XVII. A Letter frotn Dr. D u card , F. R. S, 
and F. S. A, to Dr. William Watfon, 
M. D. ai2d F. R. S. concernmg Chef nut 
Lrees\ with two other Letters to Dr, 
Du card, o?i the fame SubjeFL 
Sir, 
Read Mar. 8, "S' N a letter addreffed to you, on the 
A ^rees which are fuppofed to be indi- 
genous in Great Britain, puhidhed in the Philo- 
fophicalLranfaSiiom'^ , the Hon. Mr. Dailies Barring- 
ton has attacked a prevailing notion among the 
learned ; that chefnut trees are the native produc- 
tion of this kingdom. Mr. Barrington argues that 
they are not; and his reafonings on this, are now to 
be confidered. 
In my Anglo-Norman Antiquities, p. 96. I had 
obferved that “ many of the old houfes (in Nor- 
mandy) when pulled down, are found to have a 
great deal of chefnut timber about them ; as there 
“ are not any forefts of chefnut trees in Normandy, 
“ the inhabitants have a tradition, that this timber 
“ was brought from England : and there are fome cir- 
cumftances, which, when rightly confidered, will 
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