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foot or carriage by animals. If the distances between places 

 are longer by the new roads than they were by the old paths, 

 yet as regards time, the places are nearer than they formerly 

 were ; and the new roads have greatly diminished the fatigues 

 of the journies to and fro. 



*' 104. To extend the Roads to the farthest plantations, a 

 good deal yet remains to be done. The inhabitarits will be 

 greatly benefited by the extension and completion of the 

 Roads. They will then be able to bring the produce of their 

 land to a market, independ ently of boats. Rongh weather, 

 frequently blocks the passes with dangerous seas, for weeks 

 at a time. 



" 105. In some places trees have been planted to shade the 

 Roads, and I believe it is intended to extend the plantating of 

 trees, whei^e they may be required, on the sides of the Roads. 

 " I have &c,, 



Signed : "J. Hoene, 



" Suh-Birector ", 



ANNEXURB I 



TIMBER TREES OP THE SEYCHELLES ISLANDS 



Remarks and uses of Timber 



" SUIeroxijlon sp. " Capucin ". — A large growing tree. 

 Timber hard, almost undestrucfcive either in water or .in the 

 atmosphere, used for beams, wall plates, frames of wooden 

 houses, verandah posts, piles, planks, shingles, spokes for 

 wheels, &c. 



" Galophjllitm InophyUuni. "Takamaka" or "Tacamahaoa". 

 — A large growing shady tree always found on the seashor^, 



