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  FLORA. 
  

  

  the 
  fatty 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  fallen 
  pine 
  timber, 
  from 
  which 
  

   the 
  sap 
  has 
  completely 
  decayed 
  away, 
  or 
  been 
  burned 
  off 
  

   in 
  the 
  periodical 
  firing 
  of 
  the 
  woods. 
  

  

  Ample 
  supplies 
  can 
  always 
  be 
  obtained 
  in 
  a 
  limited 
  

   space, 
  for 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  kiln, 
  which 
  is 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  made 
  upon 
  public 
  lands, 
  there 
  being 
  no 
  hin- 
  

   drance 
  to 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  dead 
  or 
  fallen 
  timber, 
  by 
  the 
  

   government 
  timber 
  agents. 
  

  

  The 
  kilns 
  are 
  rarely 
  conical, 
  but 
  of 
  a 
  rectangular 
  

   shape, 
  eight 
  or 
  ten 
  feet 
  high, 
  made 
  by 
  arranging 
  the 
  

   lightwood, 
  finely 
  split, 
  and 
  disposed 
  in 
  a 
  suitable 
  manner, 
  

   for 
  running 
  off 
  the 
  melted 
  tar 
  over 
  an 
  inclined 
  plane 
  

   into 
  a 
  pit 
  or 
  receptacle 
  sunk 
  at 
  the 
  lower 
  end. 
  

  

  The 
  kilns 
  sometimes 
  contain 
  a 
  hundred 
  cords, 
  each 
  

   cord 
  yielding 
  about 
  two 
  barrels 
  of 
  tar, 
  worth 
  one 
  and 
  

   a 
  half 
  to 
  two 
  dollars 
  per 
  barrel, 
  at 
  the 
  kiln. 
  

  

  The 
  residuum 
  forms 
  the 
  charcoal, 
  which 
  is 
  put 
  up 
  in 
  

   coarse 
  sacks 
  for 
  convenience 
  of 
  transportation 
  to 
  the 
  

   city. 
  

  

  A 
  distillery 
  for 
  spirits 
  of 
  turpentine 
  and 
  camphene, 
  

   was 
  established 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  since, 
  at 
  Napoleon, 
  in 
  the 
  

   County 
  of 
  Hancock, 
  on 
  Pearl 
  River, 
  and 
  some 
  lyineries 
  

   of 
  considerable 
  extent, 
  were 
  formed 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  

   for 
  collecting 
  the 
  rosin. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  done 
  by 
  boxing, 
  or 
  cutting 
  a 
  receptacle 
  in 
  the 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  ground, 
  to 
  

   receive 
  the 
  exuding 
  turpentine, 
  the 
  flow 
  or 
  running 
  of 
  

   which 
  is 
  promoted 
  by 
  paring 
  away 
  the 
  bark 
  for 
  some 
  

   extent 
  above 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  trees 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  yield 
  well, 
  and 
  to 
  afford 
  one 
  

   more 
  dipping 
  than 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  

   greater 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  for 
  the 
  running 
  of 
  the 
  sap. 
  

   The 
  barked 
  surface 
  requires 
  to 
  be 
  extended 
  and 
  scraped 
  

  

  