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for some purposes there is no other kind of 

 wood that answers so well ; and although no 

 part of the pine, spruce, or cedar, except the 

 wood and this resinous substance, is used in 

 manufactures and the arts, yet they are em- 

 ployed in such an infinite variety of ways 

 that we could better spare any other tree in 

 the world, not even excepting the oak. 



" The varieties of pine in different parts of 

 the world are exceedingly numerous ; in 

 North America alone, there are ten, most of 

 which are not to be found anywhere else, 

 and indeed almost every country seems to 

 have species peculiar to itself. We will begin 

 with that kind which grows farthest at the 

 north. 



"The first, then, is called the red pine, 

 from the colour of the bark ; it is most abun- 

 dant in the neighbourhood of Hudson's Bay, 

 and the most northern parts of Canada, and 

 it is seldom found farther south than New- 

 York. Its genera] height is seventy or eighty 

 feet, with a diameter of two feet ; and it is 

 remarkable for having the trunk all of a size 

 for nearly two-thirds of its length. The 

 leaves are dark green, about six inches long, 

 and two are always found growing from one 



