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RefNoRBO/9/94
AltRefNoRBO.9.262
LevelItem
Title'Account of the Firr Trees in Scotland' by Earl of Cromertie to Hans Sloane
Date1710
DescriptionThat fir trees and oaks used to be abundant in the Highlands and that their decline is due to the practice of the Muirburn which destroyed the heathland where the young trees would grow

Read to Royal Society on 17 January 1710
LanguageEnglish
Extent3 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8406Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector1660 - 1753
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