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iriay happen to go thichcr hereafttr. Oat 
of the fatt^ft wood changed into Torch- 
wood, which is a difcafe in that Tree they 
draw Tarf 5 firft a place muft be paved with 
ftone or the like, a little higher in the mid- 
dle, about which there muft be made gut- 
ters, into which the liquor falls > then out 
from them other gutters are to be drawn , 
by which it may be received j then is it put 
into barrels. The place thus prepared, the 
cloven wood muft be fet upright, then muft 
it be covered with a great number of firr 
and pitch bowes j and on every part all 
about with much lome and fods of earth, 
snd great heed muft be taken, left there be 
any cleft or chink remaining , only a hole 
left in the top of the furnace, through 
which the fire may be put in, and the flame 
mi fmoak to pais out S when the fire burn^ 
cih, the Pitch or Tarr runneth forth fitft 
lhin,an4 then thicker , of which when it 
is boikd is made Pitch: the powder of 
«Jried Pitch Is ufed to generate flefli in 
W4:^unds and [oxcs. The knots of this Tree 
and fat-pir-e arc ufcd by the Englijh inftead 
^<^>f Candles, and it will burn along time, 
bur it makes chc pcvople p.de. 
The Spruce- tree I'have given you ^^ti'ac- 
' mum oi 'm m^^ ■ larities. In 
"the Norih-tailof Scdtland upon ihe -banks 
of 
