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lengthy and are composed of eight or nine beams 
of very light wood Don George Juan | has 
published some very curious remarks on the 
manner of working these barks, which, though 
of unwieldy appearance, sail very close to the 
wind. 
^ Bombax and ochroraa. 
t Voyage Hist, de I’Amerique m^ridionale, tom. 1, p, 168. 
