II. 



USES OF WOOD. 



TILITY is, in reality, 

 too negative an ex- 

 pression to apply to 

 the purposes to which 

 the wood of trees is 

 devoted. 'Indispen- 

 sability' would be a 

 far more appropriate 

 word. A moment's 

 reflection will show 

 us the entire dependency of the world upon the 

 products of the forest ; and it is impossible to 

 imagine what would have become of mankind but 

 for the aid, sustenance, and support, the comfort, 

 well-being, and happiness promoted by the ex- 

 istence of timber. The fact, however, that we 

 daily and hourly walk in it, take shelter under it, 



