THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF MAHOGANY 61 
for railway or coach-builders, or for the obtaining of 
lengths for boat-builders and naval work, there are few 
other descriptions that are in any way equal. The 
logs are well manufactured at port of shipment, ranging 
up to long lengths and of large diameters; the char- 
acteristics of the wood are a good colour, a firm but not 
excessively hard texture, and an abundance of variety 
in its growth that fits it for most purposes. 
It was formerly, and is occasionally at the present 
time, known as Bay-wood in Liverpool and the north 
of England, and was treated some forty or more years 
ago as a sort of inferior mahogany as compared with 
Tobasco and St. Domingo, which were then more popular. 
The name probably had its origin from the fact that 
the wood was, and still is, exported from the Bay of 
Belize. ; 
From the adjoining Republic of Honduras, mahogany 
was formerly shipped in large quantities, especially 
from the Truxillo district. Not so satisfactory in all- 
round qualities as that from British Honduras, it yet 
had good features and was much esteemed, when 
supplies were regularly shipped, for its large dimensions, 
its good colour, and straight, mild growth. None 
from this district, and comparatively little from any 
other, has supplemented the English mahogany supplies 
for many years past. 
Guatemalan.—The mahogany obtained from this 
central American State has many outstanding qualities 
which place it almost on an equality with that from 
British Honduras. It is even better in colour than 
that wood, has a similar close, firm texture, and is avail- 
able in good dimensions. It is not, however, so generally 
sound in condition, and is usually exported in lengths 
which, suitable for American consumers, are insufficient 
for the English markets. No regular supplies are 
