work well and are enduring. In transporting wood with 
buffaloes much patience is required, the animals are really 
strong but are slow and want to feed and bathe frequently 
during the day. Their owners look well after them and 
object to them being used for too hard work, 
The following lists will be of a help in choosing 
suitable timber. 
(1). List of timber trees classified according to 
durability. 
(2). Anaccount showing how some timber treated. 
of in the foregoing pages may be used. 
(3). A list of weights and co-efficients of transverse 
strength. 
(4). An account showing the difficulties in sawing 
some timber of different hardness compared with 
teak. 
