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into a warm bath, and as soon as it could be got ready, gave the whites of two eggs beaten up and a 
full teaspoon of baking soda in some warm milk and ginger. Then put him into a sugar bag with a warm 
brick and left him for the night well covered up, nice and snug, in a warm place. All this time, if he was 
not ‘as dead as Julius Caesar,’ he was quite as unable to stand or move, being quite passive lo all the 
treatment, which did not take many minutes, neither squeaking nor kicking. I do not know how long 
it took him to get well, but in the morning he was quite recovered, and what with the bath, &c., he 
looked none the worse for the trouble, being able to run about and eat as usual. The othqr two pigs 
died. Examination showed that they had eaten about a small pannikinful of the berries, which were 
crunched and scarcely at all digested. I herewith forward some for analysis.” 
The sample of berries referred to was brought under the notice of the chemist, Mr. F. B. Guthrie, 
who reports that they do not contain prussic acid, and he has so far been unable to identify any poisonous 
property.—( Agric. Gaz. N.8.W., Oct, 1897, pp. 700-1.) 
Mr. P. H. Morton, M.P., has informed me of two separate cases of the death of pigs (one lot 
travelling) through eating White Cedar berries in the Muswellbrook district.— (Agric. Gaz. N.8.W., July, 
1898, p. 741.) 
Bark ,—Tlie bark, leaves, and other tender parts are broken up so as to get 
the juice to exude: it acts fairly rapidly as a fish poison ( North Queensland 
Ethnography, Bull. No. 3, Both), for which purpose it is used by the Walmal 
blacks of the Lower Tally Biver, Queensland. 
The Hindoos use the flowers, fruit, leaves, and bark for many medical 
purposes. The root-bark is on the secondary list of the United States Pharma¬ 
copoeia as an anthelmintic. In large doses it is said to produce narcotic effects, 
though these, if produced, pass off without injury to the system. 
Timber. —This timber is coarse, soft, and easily worked, but not in very 
good repute. At the same time it is used in country districts. Bor example, it has 
been used for pedestals of tables at Taree; also for mouldings and architraves. It 
Avas at one time used for shingles, which are, however, of an inferior kind. 
The rings in New South Wales specimens are very distinct, and their 
markings give the timber a rich, wavy appearance, which is best exhibited in a 
vertical section. The wood is a pale yelloAvish-brown, which appears of a rich Avarm 
brown under polish. Two slabs in the Technological Museum, which had been 
seasoned over twenty-five years (having been exhibited at the London International 
Exhibition of 1862), had weights which correspond to 33 lb. 5 oz. and 35 lb. 4 oz. 
per cubic foot respectively. 
Bollowing is Indian testimonv concerning it:— 
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“ Beddome, Brandis, and Kurz all say it warps and splits, but Mr. Halsey, of Madhopur, writes to 
say it is equally useful green or seasoned. Our specimen split only very slightly, and we are inclined to 
think it is better than it is supposed to be, It is handsomely marked, and polishes well. Its weight is 
from 30 to 38 lb. per cubic foot.”—(Gamble, Manual of Indian Timbers ) 
Gamble, in his 2nd Edition, says :—- 
The wood was used at the Imperial Forest School for museum cases and other furniture, and 
behaved quite well. 
I trust that thorough trials of this timber will be made in New South Wales, 
and that the results Avill be published. The tree belongs to the Cedar class, a very 
useful group of Avoods. Perhaps in New South "Vyalos it is despised because it 
groAVS so readily. 
