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Show A Difcourfe of Foreft-Treeés. Chap. XXII. run, they flop up all the veats very clofe; and afterwards find the Avots made into excellent Char-coal , preferr d by the Smiths before anyother whatfoever which is made of wood 5 andnothing foaptto burn ont whentheir blaft ceafeth 5 neither dotheyfparkle in thefire, as many other forts of Coal do foas, in defect of Seacoal, they make choice ofthias beft fortheirule , andgive greater prices tor it. Of thefe Avots likewile do the Planters iplit out{mall fivers about the thicknefs of one’s fager , or fomewhat thinner, ‘whichferve themto burn in ftead of Candles giving avery good light. This they call Cazdle-wood , and itis in muchufe both in New-England, Virginia, and amongtt the Dutch planters in their Vallages 5 but forthat it isfomething offenfive , by reafon of the much fuliginous fwoak, which comes fromit, they commonlyburn it in the chimney-corner upon flat frone or lren, except, occafionally, they carryafinglefizekin their hand, as thereis needof light to go about the houfe, It muft not be conceiv’d,by what we have'mention d in the former defcription of the Avots, that they are only to be feparated from the bodies of the trees by devouring time,or that they are the only materials out of which Tar can be extracted: Chap. XXIII, A Difcourfé of Foreft-Treés;' out fomefmall quantity fortrialbeing cold, it appears ofa fufficient confiftence ; Then by covering the Kettle clofe, the fire is extinguith’d, and the P/tch is made without more ceremony. Thereisa procefs of making Rofiz alfo out.of the fame knots, by {plitting them out into thin pieces, and then boiling them in water , which will educe all the Refizows matter,and gatherit into a body which (when cold) will harden into pure Rofiz, It is moreover to be under{tood, that the Fir and moft Ceniferews Trees, yield the fame Con: cretes, Lachryme, Turpentines, Rofius, Hard , Naval or ftoneand |i- quid Pitch and Tar for innumerable ufes; and from the burning,and fuliginous vapourof thefe, efpecially, the Rofiz, we have our Lamp and Printers black, Gc. Iamperfwaded the Pine, and Fir trees in Scotland , might yield his Asajefly plenty of excellent Tar , were fomeinduftrious Perfon employ‘d about the work, CHAP. XXIII. Forthere are in thefe Traés millions of Trees which abound with the fame fort of kvots , and full of Turpentine fit tomake Tar: But the labour offelling thefe Trees, and of cutting out their Awots, would far exceed the value of the Tar efpecially in Countries where Workwex are {fo very dear: But thofe k#ots above mentiond, are provided to hand,without anyother labour thenthe gathering only. There are fometimes found of thofe fort of Pixe-trees the loweft part of whofe ftems towards the rootis as full of Turpextine as the Avots ; and ofthefe alfo may Tarbe made: but fuch Trees being rarely found, are commonlypreferved to {plit into Candlewood 5 becaufe they will be eafily riven out into anylengths,and {cantlings defir'd, much better then the 4vots. There be who Of the Larch, Platanus, Lotus, Cornus,dc. 1. Arix, though of the Coniferows family, loofesits leaf, and Larch. | therefore we feparate him from the Firs and Pizes but wh we might not hope as well of the Larch as from any ofthem I know not: Tread of Beams of no lefs then 120. foot in length made out of this goodly Tree, whichis of fo ftrange a compofition,that *twill hardly burn, as C¢/ar foundin a Caftle he befieg’d built ofit 5 (the {toryis recited at large by Vstruwiws I, 2. c, 9.) but fee what Phi- pretend an art ofas fully impregnating the bodyof anyliving Pixetree for fix or eight foot high; and {ome have reported that fuch anart is practisd in Norway: But upon feveral experiments , by girdling the Tree (as they callit) and cutting fome ofthe bark lander fays uponthe place , on his own experience: yet the Coals thereof were held far better then anyother for the melting of Jron. There is abundance ofthis Larch timber in the Buildings at fromthe ground , it has yet never fucceeded ;_ whether the juft Jeajon of the year were not obferv'd, or what elfe omitted , were commends it: Tiberivs we find built that famous Bride to his Naz- round,and alittle zzto the wood of the Tree,fix or eight foot diftant worth the diquifition s if at leaft there be any fuch fecret amongft the Normegians, Swedes , or any other Nation. Of Tar, byboiling it toa fuflicient height , is Pitch made: and in fome places where Rofin is plentiful , a fit proportion ofthat maybe diffolved in the Tar whiles it is boiling, and this mixture is fooneft converted to Pitch 5 butit is of fomewhat a differing 4imd from that whichis madeof Jar only , without other compofition. There isa way which fome Ship- Carpenters in thofe Countries have us'd, to bring their Tarinto Pitch for any fudden ufe; by making the Tar fo very hot in an dron-kettle , that it will eafily take fire, which when b/axing, and fet in an airyplace, they let burn fo long, till, by taking out Venice, efpecially about the Palaces in Piaxza San Marco , where! remember Scmozzi {ays he himfelf us'd muchofit , and infinitely machia with it; and it feems to excel for Beams , Dores , Windoes, and will fupport an incredible Weight; which (and for its pro- pertyoflong refectingfire) makes V#travius wilh they had greater plenty ofit at Rome to make Go#fts of. From this Tree it is that ufeful Drug 4garic is gathered ; and the timber of itis fo exceedingly tranfparant, that Cabanes made of the thin boards, whenin the darknight , they have lighted candles , people, who are at a diftance without dores, would imagine the whole room tobe on fire, whichis pretty odd, confidering there isno materia] fo unapt to kindle, That which now grows fome where about Chelesford in Effex, arriv’dto a flourifhing , and ample Tree, doesfufficiently reproach our negligence and want of induffry, as well as the incomparable andfhady, 2. Platanus, |
