XXIV.] 



MAHOGANY, 



265 



Nos, 29 and 30. 



Crushed with 



the weight of 



One piece, 9" -5 x 9" -5 x 15", 307 tons = 3-493 tons psr square inch. 



9" '5 X 9" -5x18", 336-8,, =3-833 



MEXICAN MAHOGANY 



is the produce of Mexico, in Central America, wiiere 

 it is very abundant. It is of straight growth and outvies 

 every[other description of Mahogany in its noble dimen- 

 sions. It yields the timber of commerce in squares of 

 15 to 36 inches, by i8 to 30 feet in length. These are, 

 however, only the ordinary lengths brought to market, 

 the stems being generally cut into short pieces for the 

 convenience of getting them down the hatchways of the 

 ships, which have frequently to load in a roadstead, 

 where it would be unsafe to open a raft-port. 



Some of the trees from the district of Minatitlan 

 must be very large, since it is no unusual thing to meet 



