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for hardness and durability ; the white ant will not touch 

 it ; it shrinks in seasoning one-eighth inch per foot of 

 surface, and the density is 5 Ibs. IO oz. per foot super- 

 ficial. It is one of seven or eight species of trees which 

 Dr. Falconer, in his report of the Teak forests of Tenas- 

 serim, earnestly requests the Indian Government to pre- 

 serve." 



Five specimen logs of the Pyengadu, each about 

 20 feet in length, and 20 to 24 inches square, were sent 

 to Woolwich Dockyard in 1863, for trial experimentally 

 in ship- building ; but, as they were found to have exten- 

 sive heart-shake, they were scarcely fit for constructive 

 purposes. If, therefore, the heart-shake defect seen in 

 these logs fairly indicates the character of this wood, its 

 value as building timber would be seriously affected. I 

 am, however, of opinion that this is not the case, and 

 that these were probably some chance pieces which 

 happened to be in the way when specimen logs were 

 required. Three of the logs here referred to were kept 

 for several years at Woolwich without any good oppor- 

 tunity offering for their employment, and after this lapse 

 of time they did not appear to have undergone any 

 change, or to be in the slightest degree deteriorated. 



The specific gravity of these logs was about 1176, 

 while that given by Dr. Hooker is 1080 ; the difference 

 is therefore not very important. 



I found in the Commissariat Stores at Moulmein, 

 besides the Teak and Pyengadu, many other valuable 

 woods of building sizes, and the following are especially 

 worthy of notice, namely, the Padouk (Pterocarpus) of 

 a deep red colour ; the Parewah, and the Penthityah, both 

 of a dark reddish-brown colour ; the Kammone ; the 

 Annan (Fagrcea fragrans\ and the Kamonpew, each 



