104 si*tJftiom nAmAL wood. 



Ofiliu, (Sandwich Islands,) in Dereiuber, 1829. 

 Two' large pieces of the Naiho, deprived of the 

 Mp, were collected ibr nt^t ^d Had h&sa placed 

 itt tile yard of a mercantile gentleman previously 

 to my taking them (in hoard. At this time there 

 was some sandal-wood, of small size, weighing 

 in the yard, to be sent on board an American 

 sWp aJjcmt to sail hr Cknim* Tim siipercaigo, 

 who wa# sup^iintending the weighing, seeing 

 these ])ieces, mistook them for sandal- wood ; 

 and, anxious to sci'uro two such lai'ge pieces 

 among the small kind which he had pnrchased, 



placed ikm m t|i6 mSj^i «nd they ^&t& 

 m board wiliE tfefef^. tiie psmn engaged m 

 weighing being also ignorant of the difterence. 



This circumstance was not discovered until some 

 time after the ship had sailed : engaged in otlier 



wood ; but on inquldng &t it, tli dlsappesiiaii^e 



was accounted for, after some time, by the cause 

 just related. 1 was infonned that a cargo of this 

 wood was taken by an Ajnerican ship to Canton ; 

 and, on its ^iVsd there, it was only considered 

 fit for firewood. 



The riaiHi/ of a " spurious sandal- wood " is a 

 snun'c (»r alarm t(i fliose wlin, eupiord in pur- 

 chasing sandal-wood, are not aide lu Judge of 



