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length, and are composed of eight or nine beams 

 of very light wood *. Don George Juan f has 

 published some very curious remarks on the 

 manner of working these barks, which, though 

 of unwieldy appearance, sail very close to the 

 wind. 



* Bombax and oohroma. 



f Voyage Hist, de PAaierique raeridionale, torn. 1, p. 168. 



