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a rough broken deep-coloured bark, whilst that of the latter is 

 smooth, clean, and of light colour, yet when seen in the 

 log they are so similar in appearance that it is difficult to 

 distinguish them, although karri has a rather more wavy 



FIG. 31. Showing the open- 

 ing out of a section from a 

 Eucalyptus log after lying in 

 a dry place for four months. 



FIG. 32. The same section 

 of Eucalyptus log as shown in 

 Fig. 31 after being in water 

 for three weeks. The cracks 

 have mostly closed up, but the 

 right-hand top corner broke off 

 when being lifted out of the 

 water. 



grain than jarrah. A fairly reliable and easy test is by 

 the ash. A splinter of jarrah when burnt gives a firm 

 black ash, whilst one from karri gives a woolly white ash. 

 The Woods and Forests Department of the colony will, how- 

 ever, if required by the purchaser, have the timber branded 

 with a distinctive mark at a small extra cost. The sapwood 

 in jarrah and karri is a light red colour, but is not 

 generally more than an inch in thickness. 



Notwithstanding what has been claimed as to jarrah and 



