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green Colour. They differ principally in being 

 fhorten The Flowers are yellowifll,^ and like the 

 others very fmall and inconfiderable, the Cones 

 arefmall, brown, and hard, and fharp at the Tops, 

 they contain Kernels in their Shells, among the 

 Scales as the other ; but they are fmaller. 



Tlie Kernels have the fame Virtues as thofe of 

 the other Pines, but being little, they arc not re - 

 garded. The Rcfm which flows from this Tree, 

 either naturally, or when it is cut for that Purpofe> 

 is what we call common Turpentine. It is a 

 thick Subftance like Honey, of a brownilh Co- 

 lour, and very ftrong and difagreeablf Smell. 



When this Turpentine has been diftilled, to, 

 make Oil of Turpentine, theRefm which remains, 

 IS what we call common Refm, if they put out the 

 Fire in Time, it is yellow Refm; if they continue 

 it lono-er, it is black Refm. They often boil the 

 Turpentine in Water without 'diflilling it for the 

 common Refm •, and when they take it out half 

 toiled for 'this Purpofe, it is what we call Bur- 

 lundy Pitch. And the wiiitilh Refm which is 

 called Thus or Frankincenfe, and is a Thing quite 

 different from Olibanum, or the finelncenfe is the 

 natural Refin flowing from the Branches of this 

 Tree, and hardening into Drops upon them* It 

 <ioes not differ much from the common 

 tine in Its Nature, but is lefs offenfive in Smell, 



The feveral Kinds of Pitch, Tar, and Refin are 

 principally ufed in Plaifters and Ointments. The 

 Turpentine produced from this Tree alfo, and 

 called common Turpentine, is principally ufedjn 

 the fame Manner, the finer Turpentines being 

 given inwardly. Thefe are procured from the 

 Turpentine " Tree, the Larch Tree', and the 

 ilver Fir. The yellow Refin and the black are 

 fometimes taken inwardly in Pills, and they are 

 very good a^ainft the Whites, and the Runnings 



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