The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner • Paragraph 23
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The forests of the Coal Age--Monkey-puzzle and ginkgo--Wood, its uses, colour, and smell--Lasting properties of wood--Jarrah and deodar--Teak--Uses of birch--Norwegian barques--Destruction of wood in America--Paper from wood pulp--Forest fires--Arid lands once fertile--Britain to be again covered by forests--Vanished country homes--Ashes at farmhouses--Yews in churchyards--History of Man _versus_ Woods in Britain 55