154 ON THE HUON PINE, &c. 
of Cypress or White Cedar; the trunk attains a height ot- 
about 100 feet, and is from 22-26 in girth. The wood burns - 
briskly, giving out a pleasant aromatic smell; it is close- ; 
grained, valuable for ship-timber, and all purposes to which | 
pine-wood is applied, and may be obtained in logs 40-50 feet - 
long.” Mr. Cunningham's specimens do not present any of 
the pendulous branches; such are, however, sent by Mr. 
Gunn ; they are nearly two feet long, and covered with longer - 
and more slender and flaccid twigs than the others. 
The most interesting account of the Huon Pine that I have 
ever seen, was written by my friend Mr. Lemprière, to whom | 
I am indebted for much kindness showed during a short visi 
I made to him, in company with Sir John and Lady Frankl 
In* Mr. Lempriére's account of McQuarrie Harbour, he 
says: 
“The Huon Pine unites great beauty to extensive utility. 
It attains the height of seventy feet ; in circumference it sel- 
dom exceeds fifteen. It grows in a pyramidal form, extend- 
ing its limits to a great distance, when smaller branches 
droop, something in the same manner as the Weeping Willow; 
the colour of the foliage is rich green. The Huon Pine affords 
an excellent substitute for deal; and is, indeed, in many T€" - 
spects superior to that wood. For ship's decks and interior, 
for boat-building, and innumerable other purposes, its quali- 
ties are unequalled. 
“Huon pine forms the principal article of export fro 
McQuarrie Harbour : two thousand eight hundred and sixty- 
nine logs were collected in one year (1827) from different spo 
in the vicinity of the settlement, principally from the Gordon 
River. Sometimes the timber was found at some distance 
land; in that case, a road was made to the water-side, by felling 
the intermediate trees, and placing the trunks transverse! 
across the road, so as to form ways over which the pine la 
* Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science, &c. v. 1t. p. 110. It W 
much to be desired that a similar organ to the Tasmanian Journal, for 
cording the valuable and otherwise lost knowledge possessed bY 
colonists, were established in some of our other colonies, | 
