90 TIMBER 
has not obtained much favour clscwhere, although 
shipped in well-squared logs of large dimensioris. Has 
no cedar scent, and its too bright colour is perhaps | an 
obstacle to its use for cigar box-making. 
Gurjun.—The produce of a large tree, from which 
logs of excellent sizes are obtained ; in the Andamans, 
squares of 24 in. diameter and with a length of 60 ft. 
can, it is understood, be extracted. The wood is of 
reddish-brown colour, soft to moderately hard in 
texture, rough, and not of particularly durable character. 
It is used in India for general ship and boat-building 
purposes, and is an inferior material for house-building. 
It was introduced into London as a likely wood for 
street-paving, its oily nature being urged as a merit 
for this purpose. 
Macassar, Ceylon, and Andaman Marble Wood.— 
Among the varieties of ebony which are found in India 
the two first named are regularly exported, and samples 
of the latter have also been shipped. The Macassar 
is extracted in moderately long billets of good average 
size, occasionally ranging up to 24 in. or more in diameter. 
The wood of these varieties is of generally hard, close 
-and fine texture, and of a very heavy nature. Contrary 
-to the popular conception of the colour of this wood as 
jet black, it is usually varied, the Macassar being of 
mingled shades of brown and black; the Ceylon, rich 
dark purple with black streaks; the Andaman Marble 
or Zebra wood being very finely striped with alternate 
but irregular streaks of grey and black. The two first 
described varieties have a moderate consumption, being 
principally used for the manufacture of walking sticks, 
for turnery purposes, and the making of fancy articles 
of cabinet ware. The Andaman Island wood has 
scarcely been tried, but is by far the most handsome 
in appearance of the three descriptions. 
