in Ptrippmg lar*;i' ;nnl iicrlt'ct sUeetd of bark from 

 the treos, and as tliis material i;^ used hy the colo- 

 nists for the covcriug of huts mid otlicr pur- 

 poses, iJifr iuttiveti ay^ ijii^ai employed by them 

 to tw<^^ TIj^ batk of iwo gpeeid* iJf th^e 



Miicalijptns called " stringy hark" and box- 

 trce" In' the eohniists, (more jiartienlarly tlie for- 

 nier,) is preferred, as trom them it is more readily 

 stripped iu pieces of the large size; tmottlljr te^- 

 quired. If the abongmef^ in^t^ ^ pkaa ^ 

 rvftt^ I observed theni «lrJp off sheets erf" bark 

 with great expedition, upon wbicli they crossed, 

 puddliug tliemselves with a piece of wood, some- 

 times placing piles of mud at each end of the 

 mde i&ifikiaQ fimmt the logfesi tS t£ie mdm^ if 

 tbigre was any thing in it they wished to keep 

 dry : hav ing all the services they require out of 

 the rutlely constructed vessels, they desert and 

 leave them either to be carried down tlie stream 

 or tot on the banl&a, bei»^ ixrnx^ i^o^ anotlusr 

 canoe of the same rude construction is always 

 ready when it may be re(piired. 



When the bark of the stringy hark" (or, 

 according to its native name iu this pait of the 

 colony, Bethr) is "wkve^ It is t^jeeled by fte 

 stock-keepers, fencers, &c., as unserviceable, 

 the timber Iteing then found twisted, and not 

 capable of being ^jplit into straight pieces ibr 



