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PTLVIT & FOR K.ST TRF.ES- 



Names &l Descriptions of Woods. 



When pat into a frame 

 Weight | 2 2 ineljr* wittr, ] inch 

 planrd to a| rMtirfJ , ou eBcb ^ a1lt i 



nntl 1 in cli 

 square 



;thc middle, the 

 broke under— 



bar* 



7, Maranti— of two sorts, red & while, 

 the fed is most used, planks may be had 

 3 feel broad, il is chiefly used for plank- 

 in/, grows on plains and river banks, and 

 bills, Il floats 



B. Ching'i — a high tree from 18 10 15 

 feci in circumference, used for ship and 

 bo .t-building, stand* the salt-water well 

 Il much used on the Tcnnasserim Coast 

 Tlie wood itself floats. Fracture rather 

 short. It grows in sandy grounds. . . - 



9 m MmUattg-ltbcr-dnun—Vracttuu fi - 

 Uous,usod for house- build tug, while colour, 

 broad leaf. Large soars may be had 



10. Gilhtm Tikoo$— middle-sized tree, 

 rotwr, brownish-yellow. Fracture strong 

 fibrous; used for house-building. Its red 

 kirk is much used to Un fishing nets. Tb< 

 wood is not prixed 



11. Jhwagoon— a large tree which 

 grows on the banks of rivers near the 

 sea shore. Colour dark-brown, theplank> 

 art: used for a defence against musketry by 

 Malayan pirates— crooked timber ft tattgh, 



1 2. Ktttfoo Levi— used for house posts, 

 hsls five or ms years ir exposed, cotom 

 yellowish. Toe tree grows in brackish 

 water 



13. Uttmmiwh— high tree, the *oor] 

 is a light dirty-mown, wlten young, of a 

 dark-brown when old. and sinks in wafer, 

 cross fracture, splintery, grow* ou hills. 

 11:e fruit is eaten; used as posts for bouse* 



14. Jpi api^A large iree, has a whin 

 wood, is excellent firewood 



13. Brutish moderately sixed tree, 

 which liears a sour mangoosleen. Tin 

 wood is used for house-building and fo> 

 making oars ; sinks in water 



16. Killai— very tough; very fibroid 

 fracture. Tree high. Timber not durable 

 if exposed to weather; used in house-build- 

 ing and for planks, light colour, sinks hi 

 water*. 



17. Runpgai— a lofty tree, the juice of 

 which is deleterious to the human frame 

 opting swellings over the whole body. 

 The wood-cutters avoid it. The wood M 

 of a reddish brown colour. It is used fo 

 making furniture. The fracture is cross 

 and splintery. Il js often prettily enough 

 veined and take* a good poling «nks iu 



ciys. laels 



water.. , . 



18. IS iris Buttu—a. high tree, the wood 

 is of a dark-brown colour. It is used for 

 house pillars. Il grows in mangrove jim- 

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