The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner • Paragraph 20
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Hemlock spruce and pine forests--Story of a pine seedling--Its struggles and dangers--The gardener's boot--Turpentine of pines--The giant sawfly--Bark beetles--Their effect on music--Storm and strength of trees--Tall trees and long seaweeds--Eucalyptus, big trees--Age of trees--Venerable sequoias, oaks, chestnuts, and olives--Baobab and Dragontree--Rabbits as woodcutters--Fire as protection--Sacred fires--Dug-out and birch-bark canoes--Lake dwellings--Grazing animals and forest destruction--First kind of cultivation--Old forests in England and Scotland--Game-preserving 40