62 THE PINE, OR FIR. 



" Well remembered, Frederick/' said I. 



Bedstead, bedding, house, coal, candle, and 

 victuals, go far towards what, in some coun- 

 tries, are called necessaries; in o\\\ex^ luxuries y 

 or comforts'' 



THE PINE, OR FIR. 



We now walked into Mr. Longhurst's plan- 

 tations ; and, after some desultory conversa- 

 tion on the trees which met the eye singly, we 

 came to a very fine grove of firs. 



Here," I said, " we see a small patch of 

 that dark shaggy coat, with which Nature has 

 clothed, as with a circling garment, the bleak 

 and frozen regions that surround the arctic 



