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galipot. Formerly the resin was allowed to run 

 down to the foot of the tree, where it was received 

 in a little trough hollowed out in one of the roots or 

 in the sand. Much of the resin was thus lost hy ab- 

 sorption in the sand, especially the first year. Little 

 earthenware pots are now used, which are hung 

 along the stem of the tree, and are raised as the 

 quarre is worked up higher. To get the resin to 

 flow into the pots, a small curved plate of zinc is 

 lightly driven in an oblique direction into the wood 

 immediately over each pot. The pot is kept in its 

 place by means of a nail fixed under, and on which it 

 rests lightly. To render the waste still smaller, the 

 pot is covered with a thin board, which prevents the 

 loss of the volatile portion of the resin. The resin- 

 tapper examines the pots when he goes round to re- 

 open the wounds, and empties any he finds full. 

 The galipot is scraped off once or twice a year. 



The use of these pots and plates of zinc consti- 

 tutes the method of Mr. Hughes. It requires a 

 heavy outlay at first/ but it possesses the advantage 

 of yielding a larger quantity of resin, and that in a 

 purer state. According to M. Samanos the results 

 of this method as compared to former results are 

 as four to three. It is much employed in the Dunes 

 at Cape Breton, Mimizan, Biscarosse and la Teste. 

 But in the district round Dax its use is not so gen- 

 eral, while at Mont de Marsan it is still rare. This 

 is a source of much loss. To diminish the waste of 

 resin by absorption in the soil, the tapper makes the 

 same trough serve for several successive quarres. 

 They are consequently obliged to cut little canals all 



