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TIMBER 
native districts prefer it to almost any otlier wood ; it is a 
good turners' wood, and is also used for carriage-building 
and the yards of ships. Some of it comes to Great Britain 
along with lancewood spars from Jamaica. 
Weight about 56 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Jucaro Prieto {Bucidce) is another Cuban wood which can 
be got in logs about 36 ft. and 16 inches square. The 
wood is dark brown, somewhat resembling black walnut in 
colour, is free from knots, of fine grain and very hard, 
strong, tough, and elastic. It weathers well, is easily 
worked, and takes a good polish. Used a good deal in 
Cuba for shipbuilding and heavy work, piling, and dock 
construction ; also extensively by millwrights. 
Weight 62 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Guiebra-hacha {Copai/era hunienoifolia) is a Cuban tree 
which produces logs uj) to 50 ft. long and up to 24 inches 
square. The colour is similar to that of the darker kinds of 
mahogany; very hard but not difficult to work; excellent 
for use underground and in water ; it is used for all kinds 
of posts, sleepers, poles, deck beams, and framing for heavy 
machinery. 
Weight about 78 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Sabia (Cordia gerascanthoides) grows in Cuba and Jamaica 
to a height of about 60 ft. with a diameter of 18 inches. 
The timber, which is of dark greenish brown colour, with 
lighter sapwood, strong and durable, is used for framing, 
carriage-building, and general house fitting. 
Weight about 48 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Jiqui Comun {Bnmdia nigra), a tree of 50 to 70 ft. in 
height, and which produces timber up to 18 inches a side, 
is one of the hardest woods known, of fine and very 
