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TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. [CHAP. 



THE PINGOW TREE 



is also found in the island of Borneo, where it is said 

 to be plentiful. It is of straight growth and good 

 dimensions, and yields timber of from 25 to 40 feet in 

 length, and 1 1 to 1 8 inches square. 



The wood is of a dark brown colour, hard, heavy, 

 tough, rigid, and remarkably strong ; it is straight in 

 the grain, close in texture, and not difficult to work. 

 It is used in Borneo for all the purposes to which the 

 Chow is applied, except that, as the tree does not attain 

 the same altitude, it will not furnish masts for any but 

 the smaller junks. The characteristic properties of the 

 Pingow are favourable to its introduction for any 

 purpose where great strength is required ; and, of the 

 sample logs brought to this country in 1 860-61 and at 

 subsequent dates, the whole were passed either to 

 Woolwich Dockyard or to the out-ports, to be employed 

 in ship-building. 



TABLE LVIL PINGOW (BORNEO). 

 Transverse Experiments. 



NOTE. All broke short. 



