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occasioned water to reach the lime, and the result was 

 the rending to pieces of the hull and ultimate sinking 

 of the vessel. 



In addition to those mentioned above, hundreds if 

 not thousands of ships and craft of all kinds have since 

 been built of larch, and are the most durable of all 

 ships, though not so highly classed in Lloyds' register 

 as oak-built vessels. 



I have s^n ploughs, harrows, carts, wheelbarrows, 

 swingletrees, rakes, ladders, stiles, and I believe almost 

 every implement in use upon the farm in which wood 

 is used, made of larch, and it answers well in all its 

 requirements. Of domestic utensils may be seen in 

 daily use vmshing-tubs, churns, barrels, pails, cogs, 

 buckets, &c., all made of larch. 



Turniture is now extensively made of larch, such 

 as bedsteads, tables, chairs, forms, presses, and almost 

 every article of household furniture. 



Tor rural purposes it is now almost the only wood 

 used for fencing, posts, gates, gate posts, palings, 

 sluices, bridges, &c. For building purposes it is not 

 so extensively used as it otherwise would be, because 

 of its comparative scarcity and dearness ; but if only 

 cheap enough, there is no doubt it would be used for 

 roofing, sarking, flooring, and almost every kind of 

 woodwork, especially if the method of growing and 

 seasoning were sufficiently well known to prevent 

 twisting or warping, which have been treated of under 

 Chapter XI. 



For railway sleepers and mining purposes the larch 



