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llie differeuce, or have uuly kiiowu the ' ' sjjuiious 

 kind^' hj name. An instance of this occunrM 

 im^er my own dfcservation. A vessel arrived 



from the Nuw Ilubridfs f^roiip at the Bay of 

 Islands, (New Ze:dand,) in .luly, 1829, having 

 on Iioard some sniuhd wood. This was ])ur- 

 chased by the commander of a slup lying at 

 that pkee> li^^liad e{ ih& ^k^noe of 

 spweiom MnA mrhm At &e Sandwich but 



never having seen it, was iinal)le to judge of the 

 differtMiee. When the sandal-wood came on 

 boardj it was found to consist of tlie white, 

 ydlow, aind red 'vaxf^ties^ having been proeujfej 

 fym t^ees ot B9&3m^ ngM I that whieh was of 

 a whitish colour, and had less fragrance than 

 the other wood , was considered immediately to be 

 what he had heard of as spurious wood, and was 

 rejected, much t<^ 1^ mampmm of ibd'ONimear^ 

 who declmtiA it ms all e^bodal^wood. Tim mp- 



posed s]>nrions kind was laid aside, and was 

 finally deli\'ered to the cook for fire-wood ; and, 

 when burning, it diffused a delightful fragrance 

 skn ship. Some of It w^landM ikmtmgst 

 th^ fil^-Wood from the same ehip, at tho Band- 



wich Islands, nineh to the surprise of some of 

 tlic merelmnts, who thought that sandal-wood 

 iiiH^t bi- very conuuou on board when it was used 

 a^ fire-wootl. 



