WOODS FOE ENGRAVING. 279 



4. Jak-wood (Artocarpus integrifolia) is an excellent timber, 

 at first yellow, but afterwards brown; when made into tables 

 and well kept, it attains a polish, little inferior to mahogany. In 

 England, it is used as well as satin-wood for making backs of 

 hair-brushes, &c, 



1. Black Ebony (Diospyros melanoxylori), and other species. 

 This well known and much admired wood (lignum nigrum non 

 variegatum f) is very hard, heavy, and susceptible of a high polish. 

 It is seldom obtained of great size. 



2. E. Indian Blackwood or Kosewood (Dalbergia latifolia) is an 

 excellent heavy wood, suited for the best furniture. It can be 

 procured in large quantities, and of immense size, especially 

 in Wainad ; the wood contains much oil, which is exhibited in 

 CI. IV. (by the G-angam Local Committee.) In large pannels 

 it is liable to split. 



3. Satin-wood (Swietenia Chloroxylori) is hard in its character, 

 and, when polished, it is very beautiful, and has a satiny lustre ; 

 it is much used for picture frames, rivalling the birds-eye maple 

 of America. It is occasionally used by cabinetmakers for 

 general furniture, but it is liable to split. 



4. Sandal-wood (Santalum album) is found in abundance in 

 Mysore and Canara; it is chiefly remarkable for its agreeable 

 fragrance, which is a preservative against insects. It is much 

 used in making work-boxes, walking-sticks, pen-holders, and 

 other small articles of fine ornament, but cannot be procured of 

 a large size. 



5. Kiabuca-wood, or Amboyna-wood (Petrospermum indicum). 

 A handsome specimen of this ornamental wood is exhibited by 

 Dr Sanderson. It is imported from Singapore. It is beautifully 

 mottled, of different tints, evidently produced by excrescences 

 from the tree. The wood is chiefly used for inlaying, or for 

 making desks, snuff-boxes, puzzles, &c. These are exhibited 

 by the Madras Local Committee. 



In accordance with the suggestion thrown out by the Jury 

 (p. 218), rewards were offered at the School of Arts for woods 

 adapted for wood engraving. Specimens were consequently sent 

 to Dr Hunter, and experiments made by him, the results of 



