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planks of it sent him by his brother^ a West- 

 India Captain. The workmen, to whom the 

 timber was handed, to make it into doors for a 

 house, rejected it, as being too hard for their 

 tools. A cabinet-maker was then employed to 

 make a candle-box of it, and he also grumbled 

 at the hardness of the material. When finish- 

 ed, however, the candle-box eclipsed in splen- 

 dour all the other furniture ; it became an 

 object of curiosity and exhibition ; and, after- 

 wards, the wood was coveted and adopted by 

 others, till it became a regular article of mer- 

 chandise." 



