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always, the wood is fragrant, and the aromatic scent of the burning wood 

 may at times be so potent as to induce dizziness and headache. WTiile 

 the sap-wood is perishable, the heart-wood is remarkably durable. In 



A Group of Deodar Trees in the Himalayas. 



this connection Gamble writes : " Deodar wood is very durable, probably, 

 with Cypress, the most durable of Himalayan woods. Stewart mentions 

 the pillars of the Shah Hamaden mosque at Srinagar in Kashmir, which 



