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APPENDIX A. 



TART III. 



KOTES OX SOME BUllMESE "WOODS. 



IN the following notes are emboilied the observations of the Editor on some of the 

 woods of Burma, and some vernacular names of trees are given whicli liave not 

 been recorded by any previous writer. 



Many of the woods here recorded, which are little known or esteemed, would 

 probably prove of value if quickly seasoned by being at once converted into planivs 

 and stacked under cover for a couple of years in a manner to insure proper ventila- 

 tion. By felling and converting at once into planks on the spot, the costly 

 employment of elephants to di-ag the logs is dispensed with, as planks could be 

 removed on buffaloes or bullocks; but it is to be feared some hampering regulation 

 or other of the Forest Department may stand in the way of this. How exceedingly 

 unpractical and piddling some of these rules are is exemplified by that one which 

 prescribes (or did do so) that all creepers are to be cut with an upward stroke of the 

 'dab,' a piece of nonsense worthy some bespectacled fogie who had never handled 

 a dah in bis life ! 



The figures denote the weight of a cubic foot of the seasoned wood, in all cases 

 from original experiments. 



Bam-bwe .... Careija arhorca, Roxb o.'j 



lieddish-brown, close-grained, strong and durable. Adapted for furniture and 

 house cai-pcntry. 



Kurz applies the name to Flanchonia valida, which Gamble also styles Bam-bwe- 

 ni. This is clearly because its wood resembles that of Caret/a, for a tree confined 

 to the Andamans can by no possibility possess of right a Burmese name. Of course 

 Burmese or Indian convicts, if asked, apply the names of Indian or Burmese trees 

 ■with which they are familiar to trees resembling them, in the Andamans; but this 

 is a misuse of terms, and should be discouraged as leading to confusion. 



Ban-a-nen '1''5 



A pale-colourcd wood, like English ash ; little known, but deserving of attention 

 for light work. 



Ba-shu Miinusops littoralis 65 



A very close-grained wood, of a very dark-brown, the sapwood a pale-brown, 

 but close-grained and of excellent quality. For strength and durability surpasseil 

 by few. 



This is also called Kap-pa-li, according to Kurz. 



Be-bya Craloxyion neriifoUum, Kz 52 



A nice-looking rather close-grained wood of a reddish-brown colour, but deficient 



