1 62 TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. [CHAP. 



two sample logs were 17 and 20 inches square, and 27 \ 

 feet in length. 



13. Violet. This wood is of a violet colour, very hard and 

 heavy, close and fine in the grain, and solid. The quality 

 is very good, and therefore it is likely to be highly prized 

 by the cabinet-maker, turner, and others. The dimen- 

 sions of the logs were n and 13 inches square, and 24 

 feet in length. 



14. Wacapou. This wood is brownish in colour, 

 straight, and clean in the grain, of moderate hardness 

 and weight, and inclined to split or shake rather seriously 

 from the pith or centre. It would not, therefore, be of 

 much value for architectural purposes, but in the domestic 

 arts it could be turned to account in many ways. The 

 dimensions of the logs varied from 13 to 16 inches 

 square, and from 14 to 21 feet in length. 



15. Wacapou gris. This wood is darker in colour 

 than the preceding, and has a slight resemblance to 

 Rosewood, but is upon the whole pretty much of the 

 same character as the Wacapou, and of no value except 

 perhaps for the plainer description of cabinet work. The 

 dimensions are the same as No. 14. 



1 6. Ebene verte. This wood is dark green in colour, 

 very hard, heavy, close in the grain, solid, and of good 

 quality. Like No. 3, it has about \\ inch of sap-wood. 

 The dimensions of the logs varied from 14 to 16 inches 

 square, and were about 14 feet in length. It would be 

 chiefly useful in cabinet work and turnery. 



17. Boco. This wood is dark in colour, hard, heavy, 

 straight, and of good quality. It might be useful in 

 architecture as an article of general applicability in place 

 of other hard and strong wood, or to the cabinet-maker 

 for furniture, &c., &c. The logs were delivered at the 

 docks in Havre in a round state, and were about 18 

 inches in diameter, and 29 feet in length. 



