10 THE WOODS OF NEW BRUNSWICK. 
extending in any quantity further than half or three-quarters of 
a mile from water, 
When found in the forest distant from streams or lakes, the 
pumpkin pine as well as the bull sapling occur in small groups, 
or in pairs or solitary, a considerable distance often intervening 
between groups or individuals. Sometimes a single tree may be 
seen towering to the extreme height of its species on some rocky 
and elevated hill, in places so difficult of access that the lumber- 
men, after felling them, either float them from their place of 
growth to where they can be more conveniently managed, or 
remove them with the aid of ropes and blocks, with or without 
the assistance of horses and sleds. The soundest and _ best 
pumpkin and bull sapling pines are found scattered on high land, 
and frequently surrounded by hardwoods. Such as grow in low 
and swampy land are very subject to shakes and concave knots. 
These varieties of large size have become so scarce in the Province 
of New Brunswick, that the lumbermen often cut roads half a 
mile or more in length to reach a choice tree. Nearly all are 
found on the dry and sandy soil of the coal measures, covering 
the low ridges, and surrounding the heaths and bogs which 
abound on the surface of this formation. 
The great fire of Miramichi, in the year 1825, and the Saxby 
gale a few years ago, have done millions of dollars damage to the 
pine lands of New Brunswick, and the day is not very distant 
when pine trees of good size will be obtained with difficulty in the 
Province. 
This valuable wood is used for so many purposes, that an 
enumeration of them would be almost impossible. Among its 
more uncommon uses may be named that by the moulder for 
patternmaking ; it is very applicable for any purpose which re- 
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quires a wood easily worked and durable. 
2, THE RED PINE (Pinus resinosa, Ait.). 
‘The Red (or Norway) * pine has an erect trunk, taller and 
more slender than that of the pitch pine, which it most nearly re- 
sembles. The bark, which is much less rough, is in rather broad 
scales of a reddish colour, The long leaves are in twos, and the 
cones are free from the bristling, rigid, sharp points which dis- 
tinguish those of the pitch pine. It may also be distinguished at 
* « Wrongly called Norway Pine” (Asa Gray). 
