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from the forests below, or within a very short distance 
of the larger falls on the rivers, and owing to this limita- 
tion, combined with the manner of woodcutting oper- 
ations and the cost of labour, this tract of country is 
now being cut over in some places for the third time, 
and such trees as previously escaped observation or were 
thought too small to be cut, being now carefully sought 
and cut down. The young saplings are cut to make 
rollers on which to haul the larger trees out to the river 
side, and the seeds are collected and shipped to make 
bibirine ; thus it seems to me, we are striving in the 
most expeditious manner possible to get rid of all green- 
heart from below the falls. 
The wood-cutters and those engaged in the timber 
trade are, I am aware, averse to any restrictions being 
put on them, though alive to the growing scarcity of the 
timber and its present inferior quality. " It will last 
our time," is their reply to any remarks on the subject. 
When greenheart was first exported from this colony 
one dollar per cubic foot was the usual price paid for 
the timber at the place of shipment, — 28 cents is the 
price paid at present for the same wood, but of inferior 
quality, the inferiority being due to immaturity and 
consequent want of durability. 
Of Mora, there are three varieties, Red Mora 
{Mora excelsa), White Mora, and Mora-bucquia. The 
red and white varieties are durable woods, especially 
such of the former as grows along the rivers and creeks 
up to the tidal limit. Red and white mora both grow in 
low situations, in swampy soil, and are often from 180 to 
200 feet high, and may be squared to twenty-four inches 
