The Timbers. 
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Xanvo, Shamvule (6) or Shinshamfaan (4), Ficus delagoensis. Soft light grey timber; looks sound for its weight, and may cut up into light boards. Bark knotted with 
fig scars. 
Chicanhe-can-hane (6), Commiphora Harveyi. Timber grey, very soft, light, and open. Used for rafts but of no timber value. 
Bimbe (6) or Imbe (5), Garcima Livmgstonei. A rather solid, fairly heavy softwood timber, (about 50 lbs.), yellowish ground with dark hue irregularly interspersed, 
woolly in places. Subject to borers and usually small; bark very thick, fissured into 2-5 c.m. squares. The branches are used as pins for stretching hides. 
Batela (6), Bauhmia, Sps. A dark-coloured light wood (about 45 lbs.) of good surface though somewhat woolly ; rings 15 m.m. apart ; no heartwood. Bark furrowed in 
15 m.m. flakes with occasional cross-bars, 5 m.m. thick, woolly inside. Fit for boards when large enough. 
Rombe (6), Ficus natalensis. A light open yellowish-brown timber, with 12 to 24 m.m. rings and rather spongy nature. Possibly 40 lbs. weight. No heartwood. About 
equal to deal for boards. Bark unfissured, thin. 
Moatenjetu (6). 30 c.m. log ; light but dense reddish-yellow timber, about 42 lbs. weight ; not spongy and looks valuable for boards or furniture, 
or less, decided, and solid between. Slightly bored by small borer. Bark 6 m.m. thick, solid, dark-grey, unfissured and with no markings, 
diameter but goes to height. 
Rings 6 m.m. apart 
Always tree of small 
Rengu, Rengele or Murengu (6). A small log, with pretty red heartwood and yellowish sapwood. Heartwood very hard, would make pretty sticks. Bark thin 
deeply fissured in 8 m.m. pieces. 
Satsa or Sasa (6), Rhus longifolia. An almost black timber surprisingly light for its colour, possibly 50 lbs. weight, almost without sapwood. Wood equal, dense ; 
rings indistinct at about 6 m.m distances. Bark rather thick, brown, in irregular squares, and rather deeply fissured at about 2^5 c.m. each way. 
Xina or Sina, Sende or Matende (f>), Afzelia quanzansis. A somewhat dark-grey, open, or in the heartwood fairly dense light timber of fine surface and first-rate for 
boards but somewhat subect to borers ; rings indistinct at about 6 m.m. distances, rays not noticeable ; no heartwood, weight about 40 lbs. A very large tree ; 
bark clean, unfissured, but with decided horizontal bars at about 2^5 c.m. distance. 
Saba or Mussaba (6), possibly Bridelia micrantha. A rather open light somewhat spongy but equal and apparently useful board timber. Rings 8-12 m.m. apart. 
Bark thin, fissured but not deeply, and in squares of rs-3 c.m. 
Rungulo (6), Mimusops Henriquesiana. Compact, firm, light timber, (45 lbs.), of yellowish colour and very distinctly and finely marked with parallel lines about 1 m.m. 
apart, but with more distinct rings about 12 m.m. apart. Somewhat bored by large borer, but otherwise fit for boards, &c. A very large tree ; bark thin, dark, 
slightly fissured in small squares. 
Fuleti (6), Trema bracteolata. Very light open timber (35 lbs.) with 12 m.m. rings and somewhat stringy timber between, like that of Celtis. Bark thin, grey, unfissured ; 
cambuim used for fine string for fixing assegai head to handle. Useless as timber. 
NhllCO (6). Log 15 c.m. diameter. A light compact grey timber, 40 lbs. weight. Rings 4 m.m. apart ; bark not deeply furrowed but streaked somewhat, rather thick. 
Not a large tree and consequently not fit for boards. 
Nungwane (6), Xanthoxylum capense. A solid yellow hardwood timber with decided grain. Outer wood somewhat woolly, inner very dense and homogeneous, like an 
engraver’s timber; weight about 55 lbs. Useful for planks, poles, &c. where large enough. Bark streaked. 
Matandere (6). Log 15 c.m. diameter. A compact grey timber, about 50 lbs. weight, showing no variation or marking, and taking good clean surface. Specimen star- 
cracked. Rings about 2-5 m.m. apart; rays not visible ; bark thin, not deeply fissured, but in large squares. Not a large tree ; if large, its boards would correspond 
with Yellow-wood. 
Ramba or Muramba (6), Strychnos spinosa. A somewhat spongy timber with black and yellowish lines throughout, the latter soft. No heartwood, but a general dark 
appearance, 35 lbs. weight, and presumably not of value. Bark rather thick, somewhat flaky, and inclined to be corky. Log 20 c.m. diameter. 
Tingare (6). Log 15 c.m. diameter without bark, but grows to be a large tree. A light spongy timber of rapid growth ; rings 12-18 m.m. apart; pores numerous; 
colour grey, equal. Somewhat bored by small borer. Used for drums and parts of native pianos (Mirimba). Might make light boards. 
