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native districts prefer it to almost any otlier wood ; it is a 

 good turners' wood, and is also used for carriage-building 

 and the yards of ships. Some of it comes to Great Britain 

 along with lancewood spars from Jamaica. 

 Weight about 56 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Jucaro Prieto (Bucidce) is another Cuban wood which can 

 be got in logs about 36 ft. and 16 inches square. The 

 wood is dark brown, somewhat resembling black walnut in 

 colour, is free from knots, of fine grain and very hard, 

 strong, tough, and elastic. It weathers well, is easily 

 worked, and takes a good polish. Used a good deal in 

 Cuba for shipbuilding and heavy work, piling, and dock 

 construction ; also extensively by millwrights. 



Weight 62 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



ftuiebra-hacha (Copaij'era liumenaifolid) is a Cuban tree 

 which produces logs up to 50 ft. long and up to 24 inches 

 square. The colour is similar to that of the darker kinds of 

 mahogany ; very hard but not difficult to work ; excellent 

 for use underground and in water ; it is used for all kinds 

 of posts, sleepers, poles, deck beams, and framing for heavy 

 machinery. 



Weight about 78 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Babia (Cordia gerascanthoides) grows in Cuba and Jamaica 

 to a height of about 60 ft. with a diameter of 18 inches. 

 The timber, which is of dark greenish brown colour, with 

 lighter sapwood, strong and durable, is used for framing, 

 carriage-building, and general house fitting. 



Weight about 48 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Jiqui Comun (Bumelia nigra), a tree of 50 to 70 ft. in 

 height, and which produces timber up to 18 inches a side, 

 is one of the hardest woods known, of fine and very 



