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had arrived at Plymouth, for the use of the dockyard there, which 

 were found fully to sustain the high reputation the wood had pre- 

 viously attained. Mr. Yate, in his Account of New Zealand, &c, 

 '!< i i .hi the tree as affording trunks from 85 ft. to 95 ft. long without a 

 bran* b, and sometimes 12 ft. in diameter ; yielding a log of heart timber 

 II ft, in diameter. One which he measured, and which was perfectly 

 sound, w;is 10 ft. I I in. in circumference. The wood has the appear- 

 ■ i deal, works well undo - the plane, and smells strongly 01 resin. 



'I be genera] appearance of the tree in its native forests is most remark- 

 able ; the -mall size and great number of its leaves giving it somewhat 

 the appearance Of a box tree. The resin, which is too hard to be 

 scratched by the nail, Wat found by Mr. I'rideaux to be very inflamma- 

 ble, and to burn away with a clear bright flame, but not to drop. On 

 attempting to melt it, it was found to froth and swell, giving OUt water 

 Bad aromatic oil, and becoming transparent, but not liquid. After 



