They then stretch out long massive arms in a horizontal direction; and as the separate twigs and leaves also extend horizontally, each branch thus presents a surface as level as a table.

The deodar often reaches the height of one hundred feet.
The wood of the deodar is everywhere esteemed throughout the countries where it is found.

It is excellent for building purposes, easily worked, almost imperishable, and can be readily split into planks--an indispensable requisite in a country where saws are almost unknown.

In Cashmere, bridges are built of it: and the long time that some of these have been standing, affords a proof of its great durability.

A portion of these bridges are under water for more than half the year; and although there are some of them nearly a hundred years old, they are still in good preservation, and safe enough to be crossed.
When the deodar is subjected to the process by which tar is extracted from other pines, it yields a much thinner liquid than tar--of a dark red colour, and very pungent smell.