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MAHOGANY TREE. 
ation being always regulated by the proximity of such river 
to the mahogany intended as the object of future operation. 
These roads are cleared out by the cutlass and the axe, 
in the same manner that the first roads in our back forests 
are made; bridges have also to be constructed. The trunks 
of the trees are then cut into square logs. April and May, 
being the driest season in this climate, is chosen as the 
only time when the logs can be drawn to their destination 
from the interior of the forest. Each truck requires 7 pair 
of oxen and 2 drivers, and 12 to lead or put the logs on 
the carriages. From the intense heat of the sun, the cattle 
especially, would be unable to work during its influence, 
and consequently the loading and carriage of the timber is 
performed in the night. On the rise of the rivers at the 
close of May, the logs are floated down to their destination 
and finally shipped from Belize in Honduras to Europe. 
Plate LXXV. 
A branch in flower of the natural size, a . The capsule, b. The seed. 
