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PRESENT STATE OF FAIRLOP OAK. 40$
open boat, as no packet had arrived, and that consequently
it was altogether impossible to take him over, but again
requested him to write his name, for the purpose already
mentioned. The governor consented, pens and paper
were brought, but the hand of the murderer shook so
dreadfully that he could not write. In an agony of mind,
bordering on frenzy, he rushed out of the room, and im-
mediately left the town.
“ The messenger entered the boat, and set sail; a storm
quickly followed, the boat sunk in sight of the pier, and all
on board but one of the watermen perished !
“ Thus the Great Disposer of human destiny, in vindi-
cation of his eternal justice, rescued the life of this infa-
tuated delinquent from the waves, and from a sudden
death, to resign him to the public and merited doom of
the laws.”
Present State of Fairlop Oak.
With an accurate View.
In the first volume of Kirby’s Wonderful Museum, p. 91
and 187, will be found an account of this venerable te-
nant of the forest, and various particulars relative to the
founder of the fair annually held beneath its shade. As
we make a point of adding, from time to time, such far-
ther circumstances relative to any subject already de-
scribed, as may contribute to render our accounts as com-
plete as possible, we thought that an engraving of this
remarkable tree in its present state would not be un-
acceptable, particularly to those who possess the descrip-
tion alluded to above.
It was there remarked that frequent fires were made by
parties visiting the spot, in the cavities of the tree. By
this practice the trunk has been weakened to such a de-
gree as to render it incapable of supporting all its massive
branches,
open boat, as no packet had arrived, and that consequently
it was altogether impossible to take him over, but again
requested him to write his name, for the purpose already
mentioned. The governor consented, pens and paper
were brought, but the hand of the murderer shook so
dreadfully that he could not write. In an agony of mind,
bordering on frenzy, he rushed out of the room, and im-
mediately left the town.
“ The messenger entered the boat, and set sail; a storm
quickly followed, the boat sunk in sight of the pier, and all
on board but one of the watermen perished !
“ Thus the Great Disposer of human destiny, in vindi-
cation of his eternal justice, rescued the life of this infa-
tuated delinquent from the waves, and from a sudden
death, to resign him to the public and merited doom of
the laws.”
Present State of Fairlop Oak.
With an accurate View.
In the first volume of Kirby’s Wonderful Museum, p. 91
and 187, will be found an account of this venerable te-
nant of the forest, and various particulars relative to the
founder of the fair annually held beneath its shade. As
we make a point of adding, from time to time, such far-
ther circumstances relative to any subject already de-
scribed, as may contribute to render our accounts as com-
plete as possible, we thought that an engraving of this
remarkable tree in its present state would not be un-
acceptable, particularly to those who possess the descrip-
tion alluded to above.
It was there remarked that frequent fires were made by
parties visiting the spot, in the cavities of the tree. By
this practice the trunk has been weakened to such a de-
gree as to render it incapable of supporting all its massive
branches,