of a ^ousanfc^ear (pine 



orable years. As he was cut down in 1903, his 

 birth probably 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 result 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 injuries 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 the twentieth, shows 

 that at the age of twenty he sustained an injury 

 which resulted in a severe curvature of the spine, 

 and that for some years he was somewhat 

 stooped. I was unable to make out from his diary 

 whether this injury was the result of a tree or 

 some object falling upon him and pinning him 

 down, or whether his back had been overweighted 

 and bent by wet, clinging snow. As I could not 



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