. Richard of Jamestown ; a story of the Virginia colony . OF JAMESTOWN trees. A strip of bark is taken from the pine, perhapseight or ten inches long, and at the lower end of thewound thus made, a deep notch is cut in the wood. Into this the sap flows, and isscraped out as fast as the cav-ity is filled. It is a labor inwhich all may join, and soplentiful are the pine treesthat if our people of James-town set about making tur-pentine only, they might loadfour or five ships in a year. From the making of tarmuch money can be earned,and it is a simple process suchas I believe I myself mightcompass
. Richard of Jamestown ; a story of the Virginia colony . OF JAMESTOWN trees. A strip of bark is taken from the pine, perhapseight or ten inches long, and at the lower end of thewound thus made, a deep notch is cut in the wood. Into this the sap flows, and isscraped out as fast as the cav-ity is filled. It is a labor inwhich all may join, and soplentiful are the pine treesthat if our people of James-town set about making tur-pentine only, they might loadfour or five ships in a year. From the making of tarmuch money can be earned,and it is a simple process suchas I believe I myself mightcompass, were it not that Ihave sufficient of other workto occupy all my pine tree is cut into short pieces, even the rootsbeing used, for, if I mistake not, more tar may be hadfrom the roots than from the trunks of the tree. Ourpeople here dig a hollow, much like unto the shape of afunnel, on the side of a hill, or bank, fill it in with thewood and the roots, and cover the whole closely withturf. An iron pot is placed at the bottom of this hollow in. THE MAKING OF CLAPBOARDS
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