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straight growth and very large dimensions, yielding 

 timber from 25 to 45 feet in length, and from 12 to 

 24 inches square. It has no rich scent like that of the 

 camphor wood of India. 



The wood is light red in colour, and has some 

 resemblance to Honduras Mahogany; it is plain, close 

 and straight in the grain, moderately hard and tough, 

 and nearly as strong as the Pingow. The defects of 

 this wood are, a sponginess about the early concentric 

 layers, which, combined with the prevalence of star- 

 shake, is very detrimental to the quality and usefulness 

 of it; on this account it would be most suitable for 

 such conversions as admit of its use in the greatest bulk. 



Its employment being thus somewhat restricted, it 

 will probably not be esteemed either among engineers 

 or builders in this country. 



Table LXXV.— Kapor or Camphor (Borneo). 

 Transverse Experiments, 



Remarks. — All broke with splinters 4 to 8 inches in length. 



