I'll T* IT & FO Itl?ST TXIKVS. 



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Names & Descriptions of Woods. 



Weight 

 plnuctl to "2 



feet long 

 itnil 1 mat 

 iif. 



When put into a frame 

 22 inche;. wide, 1 inch 

 retting on each #id« and 

 a weight sue landed at 

 itlie middle, the bars 



broke under— 



6f. Giytim — is a hard and dumbh' 

 "wood, . mnl.li in request by native bom- 

 buihh n, wild five, good judges of the best 

 kinds cf timber; it sinks in water and rc- 

 aUts the salt-water insects a ioi»tc while. 



6*-2. So i} imi — h another, used for I he same 

 purpose; a sacred tree, very ncaice here. 



63. MirajMo—* high tree, grows in 

 marshy places, fawn coloured, sinks in wa- 

 ter, doe* iiol resist the worm or beetle. . . . 



64, IVtnnoi* — is a high tree Willi a sue- 

 culent lb-shy leaf, and has a poisonous *ap; 

 has an edible acid fruit; the branches grow 

 in shape of an umbrella 



63. Hiean— a slim tree, used in boose- 

 building. .... 



66. Ji» or Arrow— ~ a graceful tree, fattrft- 

 what tapering, and resembling uovrie species 

 of the Br. It has amah cones, and fibrous 

 leaver, cosuarina litoren. The wood 

 hard ; not prized. ...... 



Of. Bakhtu — is a sun 1 1 tree 



68. TmuMHH— its bmk is used by tbv 

 Chinese lo dye their Bail) and lints of a 

 brownish red ...... 



O'j. JA-agmiei — for rafters and firewood 



70. Joruig — a species of .Mimosa, re- 

 sembling a ebesnut. the fruit is edible, bui 

 hu* a repulsive smell .... 



71 ■ Katin'tg— large tree, used for boat 

 building, ihfit growing on high grounds i: 

 best for making tallies ..... 



72. Knjiiui — iron wood 



73. liraitgtm — is u Urge tree with a 

 broad leaf, liiiht wood, and not subject to 

 dry-rut, Inn an edible fruit. Cultivated.. 



74. K'it/on Samanp- this tree grow* in 

 mangrove tracts. It is approved for boat 

 mid house-building 



75. Gfuirtio — agila wood 



76- Tinktints— from this tree gharoo is 



also, it is said, obtained. .... 



77. Knuting — this tree yields a valua- 

 ble od called miniak kooing or krooing 



7H. Kufaokoob— thorny treu-, bus an ;.n.;- 

 dulous edible fruit 



79. Kniitriiiy<in—il\e tree which yields 

 the benjamin ...... 



80. i/W— is a large tree, having a red- 

 dish coloured wood, "the natives use it in 

 house-building; very fibrous fracture; plunk* • 

 for boat-building are cut from it ; it is rec- 

 koned equal to Afarhau} sinks in water ; 

 the diameter is sometimes 2 feet. . . 



01. Afatati— very brittle wood. 

 82 . Tat at i— fot house posts .... 



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Cwts. 



lbs. 



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