XVII.] 



SPANISH OAK. 



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There are, besides the Oaks already mentioned, 

 several others which have not yet been brought suffi- 

 ciently into use for their capabilities to be fairly 

 tested; and among these are the Oaks of Turkey. In 

 the year 1859, when the supply of British Oak was 

 thought to be insufficient, and the Italian forests were 

 showing signs of clearance and gradual exhaustion, the 

 Admiralty, deeming it prudent to seek for other sources 

 of supply for the service of their dockyards, directed 

 surveys of the Oak forests in the district of Broussa, in 

 Asia Minor. Having been intrusted with this duty, I 

 found a vast number of very fine Oak trees, both of 

 straight and compass form. Without doubt much good 

 timber exists there ; it is not, however, nearly equal in 

 quality to the British Oak, although it would be likely 

 to prove a good substitute for it if need required. 



Table XXXVII.— Spanish Oak. 

 Transverse Experiments. 



Remarks.— Each piece broke short ; in no instance was there more than 3 to 4 inches 

 of fracture. 



