XXIV. | ROSEWOOD. 169 
square logs, or even plank, but generally half-round 
flitches, 10 to 20 feet in length, and varying from 5 to 
12 inches in the thicker part, put upon the market, 
the inside or sawn surface being even then frequently 
deficient of wood in the centre, exhibiting in part the 
hollowness pertaining to the tree. 
Solid round Rosewood logs beyond the medium size, 
or 14 inches in diameter, are extremely rare, and the 
best that I have met with were brought from San 
Francisco. Owing to the difficulty there is in measuring 
half-round flitches of the nature and form herein 
described, this wood can only be sold by weight. It 
realises, for the inferior, £10 to £12, and for the good, 
420 to £30 per ton; the superior qualities fetch much 
higher prices. 
