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 * Number
 * Number
 * colspan=3|Dimensions of
 * Specific
 * Weight the
 * Direct
 * Inches.
 * lbs.
 * lbs.
 * 7
 * rowspan=4|
 * rowspan=4| 2 × 2 × 30
 * rowspan=4 |
 * 6l8
 * 14,000
 * 3,500
 * 8
 * 645
 * 13,440
 * 3,360
 * 9
 * 647
 * 19,936
 * 4,984
 * 10
 * 688
 * 19,880
 * 4,970
 * Total
 * colspan=3|...
 * 2598
 * 67,256
 * 16,814
 * Average.
 * colspan=3|...
 * 649
 * 16,814
 * 4,203
 * }
 * 2598
 * 67,256
 * 16,814
 * Average.
 * colspan=3|...
 * 649
 * 16,814
 * 4,203
 * }
 * }

North America also produces a species of Larch, the well-known Hackmatack (Larix Americana); it is said to be tolerably abundant, and is found to range from the mountains of Virginia to Hudson's Bay.

In deep forests it sometimes attains a height of 60 and