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 forth2298 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;”2299 but this last is slender, and more compact than the pine; it is likewise free from knots, and hence is used in the construction of light gallies;2300 they are both almost entirely destitute of resin.