THE TIMBERS OF THE WORLD 



I'AGE 



33. Oak grove, Kyre Park, Worcestershire . -175 



34. Oak tree of the Socna Forest, Slavonia 176 



35. The "Twelve Apostles" Oak on Lord Petre's estate at Brentwood 179 



36. A basal burr • • • .189 



37. Leaves and acorns of Ohnara and Konara (Japanese Oak) . .192 



38. Part of the Government saw-mill, Port Blair, Andaman Islands 200 



39. Cross-cutting logs . . . . - • 206 



40. The beginning of the forest railway. Middle Andaman Islands . 232 



41. Pyinkado, Lower Burma • • 234 



42. East Indian Rosewood • • 239 



43. East Indian Rosewood log ... .241 



44. Forest of Shorea sp., Upper Burma . 244 



45. Sal forest of good quality, Bengal . • 245 



46. Satinee panels ... • 247 



47. East Indian Satinwood logs, Ceylon . 249 



48. East Indian Satinwood .... 250 



49. A very fine log of figured East Indian Satinwood 251 



50. Satinwood logs, Ceylon . . . ■ -253 



51. Timber sheds. West India Docks, after the disastrous fire of 



September, 1903 ....... 264 



52. One of the oldest Teak plantations of Burma, made in 1864 . 269 



53. Elephants moving Teak logs . . . 270 



54. Teak log being extracted in a buffalo cart . . . 271 



55. Nilambur Teak plantations . . . . 272 



56. Young Teak trees, Lower Burma . . . 273 



57. Elephants loading Teak . . . . .274 



58. Teak timber in the forest . . . .275 



59. Young Teak springing up in a bamboo flowered area . . 276 



60. Typical Teak forest, Upper Burma . . . .277 



61. Teak logs on dragging path, Kontha, Pyinmana, Burma . .277 



62. Elephants taking Teak logs on tramway to the Irrawaddy River . 278 



63. Teak logs being pushed over a bank to the Irrawaddy (A) . . 279 



64. Teak logs lying waiting for a rise with the rains . . 280 



65. Teak logs placed in upper reaches of floating stream ready for flood . 280 



66. Teak logs, Upper Burma . . . . .281 



67. The fire line in the Thayetmyo forests . . .281 



68. Teak logs being pushed over a bank to the Irrawaddy (B) . 282 



69. Teak logs being pushed over a bank to the Irrawaddy (C) . . 283 



70. Teak floating in Lower Burma in the dry weather (i) . . 284 



71. Teak floating in Lower Burma in the dry weather (2) .284 



