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чи density of the Бараг of Pinus sylvestris brought 
` from the Baltic 
"The co-called Kari gum—really a resin—exudes 
and 
аі 
. trees, suspended from the stem at the forked part of 
e branches. It is believed that the bark, branches, 
. stumps, roots, and even the leaves of the Kauri Pine 
. would yield a = amount of resin under proper 
` management. n an incision is made in the bark 
` of the Kauri tree ا‎ resin exudes freely, -so that 
rse of a few 
lated. T 
` gum takes about three months to harden properly. 
АП except a very small portion of the Kauri resin 
б 
во largely exported from New Zealand is, however, 
the kigger piaeas the ground, 
he ciently i 
Fic. 36.—PEAR BEURRÉ CLAIRGEAU. 
' —is not worth more than 
can tell whether he is touching a stone or a piece of 
resin. If the latter, it " x up With his spade. 
Between 1000 and ories are usually engaged 
in digging for the resin, but although from habit and 
local experience they are more adroit at sti r it 
than the settlers, they are said not to care the 
are chiefly men impatient of regular occupation— 
vagabonds, dare-devils, or persons fond of a gipsy 
life. Isee that an American Consul, in a report to his 
State Department, points out with manifest glee, 
that amongst this nomadic class are a number of the 
oper sons of the veia of re Britain. 
years ago an industri ould dig 
out about 2 2 cwt. per day; now ч ‘will Ману obtain 
one-third of that quantity in the same time Th 
total annual yield is, however, = yet falling off, 
owing to the remy! number of diggers employed. 
This quantity is is or a aAA d "this 
kind fally 5000 tons, of which 3000 are 
sent to AE, iih 2000 to England. The re 
miah of the fossil resin is now ton. 
There are several qualities of it, e d тутар 
in price from £45 to £170 according to its purity. 
The resin obtained pow ieu of which, as 
already remarked, very little has Dt been exported 
per to 
n are as 
rari 
degree, 
о not poe to have ever applied the resin in any 
As we вее А objects handed 
e must have been 
i by the ancient inda (x Romans, 
p а or Norsemen, and the early Celts. The 
only uses the Maories have made of Kauri resin have 
been to kindle fires and as a masticatory. 
years lockets, brooches, and other small ornaments 
have been made of it by settlers at Auckland and 
other places in the North Island. They have the 
serious drawb: з: of being not nearly so hard as 
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uses of Kauri Tesi in are—first, in the 
manufacture of 
oth n now lar argely made—in which 
this resin is Rebels fa mixed with common 
resin and oxidised linseed-oil; and, third, in the 
dressing of silk fabrics. [It is also used by dentists 
for taking moulds or casts. Ep 
Unfortunately it is yearly becoming more difficult 
to keep up the supply of this highly useful vegetable 
Fio. 37.—PEAR MARIE LOUISE D'vccLE, (SEE Р. 150.) 
product. The resin first appeared i in any quantity as 
an article of export from Ne bout the 
pletely exhausted in twenty years hence. 
in the meantime the discovery in quantity of some 
equally valuable resin in another part of the world 
may € this calculation to some extent inaccu- 
ing to several 
rate, ties the supply 
— "ast — longer. 
nt gum is not so serviceable as the fossil 
an ae be wholly cut down in another fifty years, 
