CHAP. 17.—THE PINASTER.
The pinaster is nothing else but a wild pine: it rises to a
surprising height, and throws out branches from the middle,
just as the pine does from the top. This tree yields a more
copious supply of resin than the pine: the mode in which this
is done we shall set forth [Note] on a future occasion. It grows
also in flat countries. Many people think that this is the
same tree that grows along the shores of Italy, and is known
as the "tibulus;" [Note] but this last is slender, and more com-
pact than the pine; it is likewise free from knots, and hence
is used in the construction of light gallies; [Note] they are both almost
entirely destitute of resin.
