Ferns after fire.

Hedgero ws of native p/ants.

Catt/e in the woods and swamps.

Fire wood.

Much fern grows in parts where the fire has run; but this capital source of amending the land is wholly neglected. [p. 196]

Fences are made with poles, called longers, 14 to 15 feet long, . A few judicious persons have commenced permanent fences by planting quicksets; other plants, the spruce, fir &c. have been tried; the latter afford shelter as well as bounds. The hawthorn grows very kindly and rapidly. Live fences might be made of beech, or white maple; the latter is destroyed with difficulty. [p. 197]

as the country becomes settled, and the number of cattle encreases, the means of

their support in the woods and swamps diminishes. (pp. 205-207] the Emigrant should be careful in selecting his land; and whether it has a sufficiency of firewood. [p. 207]

The Colony produces timber for vessel building; here are an abundance of Shipwrights, [p. 209]

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