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10 proportion to its breadth than that of most other trees, may be another reasonw y it offers a firmer resistance to storms. Notwithstanding this, terrible de-«f on has sometimes been effected among oak trees by the wind; and onethe most fearful instances occurred in October, 1831, when a destructiveseT^f t 6 rava S e ^ a considerable portion of the park of Thorndon Hall, theeat of Lord Petre, near Brentwood. The following account is abridged fromcam S6nt t0 a ga z ine of Natural History by J.G. Strutt,Esq.:—“The blast6 011 ^out eight o’clock, and in less than four minutes the work of havoctiea c ?/ n C e . tet h The wind came from the south-west, and entered the parkIt th ™ 6 k lon ' s Bodge, where it threw down a small portion of the paling.N r®! traversed the park in a varying sweep of about ISO yards’ breadth.„jL .™ e wdge, several oaks, 60 ft. high, were torn up by the roots, withn g masses of earth , 14 ft. in length, and from 3 ft. to 4 ft. in thickness.

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