134 TIMBER 



Brauna do Sertao* (Buttinum fernujineum) , a red coloured 

 timber, is used for general construction in Bahia, and is 

 one of the two most valuable woods for sleepers aroeira 

 being the other both having a life of over sixteen years 

 on the San Francisco Eailway, Bahia. 



Folha de Bolo (Vermellta) is a wood of red colour, the 

 grain is long and fibrous, and fairly good to work. It is 

 useful for general purposes, and may be depended upon 

 either on surface or underground and either for wet or 

 dry situations. 



Weighs about 55 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Folha de Bolo (Branca} is closer in grain than the above, 

 and is an excellent timber of nearly white or light brown 

 colour. It can be got in large logs up to 130 cubic feet. 



Weight 56 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Balsamo (Myroxyloii), a scented and useful wood of reddish 

 brown colour, only to be got up to 50 ft. cube, is rather 

 uncommon. As sleepers it has a life of over ten years. 



Weight about 59 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Candeia is a very tough and durable timber ; the maximum 

 length in which it can be obtained is 20 ft. with a diameter 

 of about 7 inches at the butt ; the colour is nearly white. It 

 is much used in mines. 



Weight 63 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Cedro (Cedrela brasiliensis), of brown or reddish colour, 

 is one of the many cedars found in Brazil and other places, 

 a valuable scented wood, used in its native district for 

 doors, ceilings, windows, furniture, patterns, clothes chests, 



' Sertao is an Indian term meaning " far west." " The traveller is 

 always aproaching the Sertao and yet hears that it is still some days 

 off." Burton's " Highlands of Brazil." 



