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colour it is not unlike some of the cedars. It is, as a rule, 

 of larger " bait " than pitch pine. A carpenter would call 

 it a rougher wood, and though apparently more open in 

 grain it will nevertheless take in much less creosote than 

 either pitch pine or Baltic timber, and that is rather 

 against its use for sea work. On one occasion some Oregon 

 logs were tanked with Baltic redwood logs ; the latter took 

 in nearly 11 Ibs. of creosote per cubic foot, whilst the 

 maximum for the Oregon was only 2f Ibs., and the same 

 thing applies to thin planks. On several occasions the 

 author has made careful comparisons in creosoting this 

 timber, and he has got 7 to 9 Ibs. of creosote per cubic foot 

 into pitch pine which has been air drying for about three 

 months, whilst Oregon logs dried under the same conditions 

 and for the same period, and subjected to the same pressure 

 in the cylinders along with the pitch pine, rarely took in 

 more than 3 Ibs., and many of them not 3 Ibs., per cubic 

 foot, and retanking and repressing made no appreciable 

 difference in the quantity injected. It is a lighter wood 

 than pitch pine, weighing only about 37| Ibs. per cubic 

 foot after seasoning. This was the average taken over fifty 

 large logs the maximum weight of any piece was 42 Ibs., 

 the minimum 33 Ibs. per cubic foot. The average weights 

 were as follows : 



19 per cent, weighed 33 to 35 Ibs. per cubic foot. 

 23 35 to 37 



39 37 to 40 



19 40 to 42 



showing that it does not vary so much as pitch pine. It is 

 more easily worked, having none of that stickiness which 

 makes pitch pine so unpleasant for the carpenter or joiner, 

 is well adapted for piling and heavy structural work, and 

 is now largely used for harbour and dock work. It is 



