SANDWICH l»hAifU SA^DAI* WOOD. Wl 



al)out two feet in diameter. 1 alwayts remarked, 

 hmrmer^ tiki$l|er si^tmaig a It 

 wfi^sixivaiidblyjfoiitid ratten SimM- 

 1**ood is very heavy, sinks in water, and the 

 jmrt of tite tree wliieh contains the essential oil 

 (according to Cartheuser, one pound of the wood 

 will yJeM two dxachms of the oil) on which th^ 

 a^ieaMe odocrr dep^d!4^ h tins Imm^ liSm 



pOJ^Ons of the tree being destitute of any fra- 

 grance : this portion is surrounded ]>y a lighter 

 wood of some thickness, denominated tJie sap, 

 whieh is carefully removed from the heart-wood^ 

 Ssi&daI«^Wt>Qd is sold hy we%M, ^d V^les m 

 price, according to the size and (jnality, from 

 tlirce to twenty dollars aiid upwards the pecul 

 (one iiundred and tliirty-tliree pounds.) When 

 voung, the wood has a whitish colour, and pos- 



mmB bugmmt m it Ikemsei in 



^ge it becJ^iaes of a yellowirfi coloiir, and when 

 old of a brownish red colour, and a* that period 

 is most valued, from containing the greatest 

 quantity oi' that essential oil on which its fra- 

 grance depends^ It h imd^limd that w^ 

 is nevCT attacked by iitie<Jte t Ssk opMiotils erro- 

 neous, as 1 have $een the iiidiss of some spetsies 

 formed in it. 



At the Sandwicli Islands, the tree is named 

 llialii, or Lauhula, signifying sweet wood, (lau. 



