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even-grained. It is a very hard, durable timber, used for 

 canoes and building, and also for tool handles and planes. 



Sometimes called Itchwood owing to the itching caused 

 when its chips or bark are rubbed against the skin. 



Weight 56 to 64 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Ingyin (Pent acme suavis or P. siamcnsis) is a large tree, 

 found amongst the teak in Burma and other places, which 

 yields a heavy, very hard, close-grained timber, somewhat 

 resembling sal in structure and colour, and much prized for 

 its durability. It is used for building. 



Weight 54 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Cangu (Shorea tumbuggaia) also goes by other names. It 

 is found in the South Deccan, and after the red sanders is 

 the most valuable and useful tree of the Cuddapah forests 

 and specially appreciated for house posts ; it is harder than 

 sal, though of similar structure and much smoother. 



Weight 66 to 70 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Che (Semecarpus pandurata) is the Burmese name of a 

 deciduous tree, common in the upper mixed forests of 

 Burma. The wood is soft, greyish brown in colour, often 

 with yellow streaks, and shows no annual rings ; it con- 

 tains an acrid juice, which causes swelling and irritation, 

 and timber-cutters object to felling it. Occasionally some 

 of it comes in the shape of planks into the English 

 market. 



Weight about 37 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



In the Himalayas are to be found a profusion of fine pine 

 timbers, amongst which are the following : 



The Bhotan Pine or Blue Pine (Pinus excelsa) is not unlike 

 the P. strobus of North America and grows to a height of 

 100 ft. The heartwood is of reddish colour, very compact 



