40 THE REDWOOD. 



"The quartermaster's lumber yard had piled for some four or five months a quan- 

 tity of Eedwood, Avhich upon my departure in October was still free from ants. 



"John MacLeod, of Manila, has a room in one of his houses finished in Redwood, 

 constructed over fifteen years ago, and to this day three-fourths of the original 

 amount remains still in good condition, one-fourth having been worn out and replaced 

 by other lumber. ' ' 



Reference is made in Bulletin No. 33 of the Bureau of Forestiy 

 (p. 20) to certain experiments conducted in Manila, P. I., bj^ Mr. 

 D. N. ]McChesne3^, as reported b}^ Capt. George P. Ahern, Chief of 

 the Philippine Forestry Bureau, in which it would appear that Red- 

 wood, Incense Cedar, and Western Hemlock were not attacked, while 

 Douglas Spruce, Bull Pine, and Engelmann Spruce were seriously 

 injured. 



The reader is referred to Circular No. 50, second series, Division of 

 Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture, by C. L. Marlatt, for 

 a general description of white ants, their habits and work. 



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