A THOUSAND-YEAR PINE 



forty-seven memorable years. As he 

 was cut down in 1903, his birth pro- 

 bably occurred in 856. 



In looking over the rings of growth, 

 I found that a few of them were much 

 thicker than the others; and these 

 thick rings, or coats of wood, tell of 

 favorable seasons. There were also a 

 few extremely thin rings of growth. In 

 places two and even three of these 

 were together. These were the results 

 of unfavorable seasons, of drought 

 or cold. The rings of trees also show 

 healed wounds, and tell of burns, bites, 

 and bruises, of torn bark and broken 

 arms. Old Pine not only received in- 

 juries in his early years, but from time 

 to time throughout his life. The some- 

 what kinked condition of several of 

 the rings of growth, beginning with 

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