XXII.] 



KRANJI AND KAPOR. 



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in 1860-61 with the Chow, Pingow, and Kranji ; it is of 

 traight growth and very large dimensions, yielding 

 timber from 25 to 45 feet in length, and from 12 to 

 24 inches square. It has no rich scent like that of the 

 iphor wood of India. 



The wood is light red in colour, and has some resem- 

 lance to Honduras Mahogany ; it is plain, close and 

 straight in the grain, moderately hard and tough, and 

 nearly as strong as the Pingow. The defects of this 

 wood are, a sponginess about the early concentric layers, 

 rhich, combined with the prevalence of star-shake, is 

 rery detrimental to the quality and usefulness of it ; 

 this account it would be most suitable for such con- 

 irsions as admit of its use in the greatest bulk. 



Its employment being thus somewhat restricted, it 

 will probably not be esteemed either among engineers 

 or builders in this country. 



TABLE LXI. KAPOR OR CAMPHOR (BORNEO). 

 Transverse Experiments. 



REU ARKS. All broke with splinters 4 to 8 inches in length. 



