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Show A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. 108 Chap.XXI. Chap.XXIf. g the ground, of Innundation , or by Waters underminin 1 ———The Ribs with Deal they fit: them cowl and overGitano weight, and the Winds bow d thefe Trees ae that ’d, obferv s whelm’d inthe 4d : For'ti burning of thefe the at butth s places Boggie butin where found eit not nein they ent Argum an be Trees fo verybright,fhould re unt may Earth fuch ceflary, fince the Bitumincous quality of uggeft, -trees befir o themt s denie en Cambd parted it to them;and vee EG grow y poffibl ing the Querie 5 Whether there may not umberng ate e Ther ? things other as well as under the Ground, difcover'd at Lom-waland , onthe Sea-fhore, Trees fometimes Sad and in othe the in d burie lye that times ter, and at other Salaries ig Gilding work , and takes black equal with the Pear-tree.: S. Luke) tobe made of Fir, asthe grain eafily difcovers it. The Torulus (as Vitruvius calls it) and heart of Deal, kept dry, re- jetting the Albumen and whiteis everlafting ; nor does there any Wood {o well agree with the glew, as it, or fo eafieto be wrought: It is alfo excellent for Beazs, and other Timber-work in Houjes, being both light, and exceedingly ftrong, and therefore of very good ufe for Barrs and bolts of Doors, as well as for Doors themfelves, by reafon of a natural Spring whichit has, notealily violated : You fhall find, that of old they made Carts, and Coaches Trees are have not the vertue of {trange Tram/mutations : Thefe length, ot fourfo or three of s Stave with g pokin by Afoors in found : od with Iron, . 14. In Scotland (as we noted ) there is a moft beautiful fort of Fir growing upon the Monntains ; of whichfrom the late Marquifs of it: For Scaffolding alfo there isnone comparable toit; and Tam fure wefind it an extraordinaryfaver of Oak where it may be had at reafonable price, I willnot complain what an incredible mafs of ready Money is yearly exported into the Northerz Coun: éreys forthis {ole Commodity,. which mightall be: faved were we induftrious at home.Likewile from Fir we havethe moft of our Pot- toleof Argyleyl had fent me fome feeds, which I have fown with fe they , becau other e any befor r them prefer I and fe ; fuccef rable growboth very erect, and fixing themfelves ftoutly, need little or no fupport. And there neer Loughbrun , *twixt the Lough and, an Hill, they grow io fuch quantity; that from the {ponta< neous Fall,Ruine,and Decayof the Trees lying crofle one another toa Man's height, partly cover’d with Aofe, and partly Earth and Grafé , which rots, fills up, and growsagain , a confiderable which being an Accidentof fingular revzark, I thought fit to menSea and Land willplead, Georg 2. Hence Papinius 6, Thebaid,calls it andax abies. They make ourbelt Maft Sheathing Scaffold-poles, xc. heretofore the whole Veffel I pretty({aith Pliny)to confider that thofe Trees which are fo much fought after for Shipping, hould moft delight ix the higheft of Mountains 5 as if, it fled from the Sea on purpofe , and were afraid to defcend into With Fir welikewife make all inteffime works, as Wainfcot, Floors, Pales, Balks, Laths, Boxes, Bellies for all Mufical Inflruments in general, nay the Ribs and Sides of that enormous Stratagem,the fo famous Trojan Horfe, may be thought to be built a —_— She preft A long Fir Spear through his expofed Breaft. ——Cujus apertum ddverfi longa tranfverberas abiete peltuse Ain, Danornm Differt. 7, 8c. where he difclaims the ufe of Hops in Beer, A 15. Forthe many, and almoft univerfal ufe of thefe Trees,both ofthis A¢ateria/,and if the Poet miftake not. Afhes : Of Firare made our Torch or Funebral-fiaves 5 nay, and. of old, Spears of, it,if we maycredit Virgil's Amazoniaz Combate, Laftly, the very Chips, or Shavings of Deal-boards,are of other ufe thanto kindle Fires alone : Thomas Bartholinus in his Afedicina Hill has in procefle of time been raifed to almoft their very tops 5 the Waters. Both that fhall examine it nearly, will find that famous Ivzage of the B, Virgin at Loretto (reported to be Carved by the hands of partic that part, under which thofe Trees are interr d. Thefe Baconinnia Brita the of ur 4utho ious Ingen the lars1 find noted by an rrane Subte thefe rning ca: But wefhall enquire farther conce , Water the as well as , Earth the er wheth and , sanon Produétion dant utile Lignum Navigits Pines —— Scligue intexunt, Abieté coftas. En, 2° Fir and efpecially Pine, fucceed well in Carving , as for Capitols, Feftoonsy nay Statues,efpecially being Gilded, becaule of theeafinefle of the Grain, to work and take the Too/ every way 5 and he lyes upon of the Deaw alone in Sumer ; for they obferve it never u: The ufeful Pine for Ships Fog It isexceeding {mooth to poli/f on, and therefore does well under Moffic places of that Shire ’tis reported, the People bydirection up the Bodies of vaft Trees without Boxghs, and that tion. A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. c as pernicious and malignant, and from’feveral inftances how apt itis to produceand ufherin Infedionsy may, Plagues’, ec. would fubftitute in its place, the Shavings of Deal-boards3 ashe affirms, to givea grateful odorto the Drizk 5 and how foverain thofe re: finous woods, the Tops of Fir and Pines , are again{t the Scorbut., we generally find : Itis in the fame Chapter that he commends alfo Worswood, Marrubium, Chameleagnurt,. Sage, Tamarifc, and almoftany thing rather than Hopps. ThePine, or Picea buried in the Earth never decay :_ From thelatter tranfudes a very bright and pellucid Guz 5 henge we have likewile Kofn 5 alfo of the Pine aremade Boxes, and Barrels for dry Goods 5 yea, and itis cloven into Shingles for the covering of Houfes in fome places5:alfo Hoops for Wine-Veffels , efpecially, of the eafily flexible Wild-Pine 5 not to forget the Kerzels (this Tree being alwayes furnith’d with Cones, fome ripe, others greez) of fuch admirable ufe in Emulfion , and Q. the |