Karl could also have told his companions, that the turpentine itself--which oozes out of the living tree--is used by the people as an ointment for sores--and that for chapped hands it is a speedy and effectual cure.

The "cheel" pine is nearly always found side by side with the deodar--especially where the latter forms the chief growth of the forest.
Karl could also have informed them that the deodar and the cheel are not, the only pines indigenous to the Himalayas.

He could have mentioned several other species, as the "morenda," a large and handsome tree, with very dark foliage, and one of the tallest of the _coniferae_--often rising to the stupendous height of two hundred feet; the "rye" pine, of almost equal height with the morenda, and perhaps even more ornamental; and the "Kolin," or common pine, which forms extensive forests, upon the ridges that rise from six to nine thousand feet above sea-level.

The last thrives best in a dry, rocky soil and it is surprising in what places it will take root and grow.

In the perpendicular face of a smooth granite rock, large trees of this species may be seen.