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colour it is not unlike some of the cedars. It is, as a rule, 
of larger " bait " than pitch pine. A carpenter would call 
it a rougher wood, and though apparently more open in 
grain it will nevertheless take in much less creosote than 
either pitch pine or Baltic timber, and that is rather 
against its use for sea work. On one occasion some Oregon 
logs were tanked with Baltic redwood logs ; the latter took 
in nearly 11 lbs. of creosote per cubic foot, whilst the 
maximum for the Oregon was only 2| lbs., and the same 
thing applies to thin planks. On several occasions the 
author has made careful comparisons in creosoting this 
timber, and he has got 7 to 9 lbs. of creosote per cubic foot 
into pitch pine which has been air drying for about three 
months, whilst Oregon logs dried under the same conditions 
and for the same period, and subjected to the same pressure 
in the cyHnders along with the pitch pine, rarely took in 
more than 3 lbs., and many of them not 3 lbs., per cubic 
foot, and retanking and repressing made no appreciable 
difference in the quantity injected. It is a lighter wood 
than pitch pine, weighing only about 37^ lbs. per cubic 
foot after seasoning. This was the average taken over fifty 
large logs — the maximum weight of any piece was 42 lbs., 
the minimum 33 lbs. per cubic foot. The average weights 
were as follows : — 
19 per cent, weighed 33 to 35 lbs. per cubic foot. 
23 „ „ 35 to 37 „ 
39 „ „ 37 to 40 „ 
19 „ „ 40 to 42 „ 
showing that it does not vary so much as pitch pine. It is 
more easily worked, having none of that stickiness which 
makes pitch pine so unpleasant for the carpenter or joiner, 
is well adapted for piling and heavy structural work, and 
is now largely used for harbour and dock work. It is 
