186 TlMEHRI. 
22 inches, free from sap, of which there is very little. 
Dukala-BALLI is a rare tree, and grows in clay and 
sandy soil. The wood is of deep red colour, heavy and 
close-grained, and is used for making articles of furni- 
ture, bedstead-posts, &c. It takes a fine polish and is a 
durable wood. It grows to a large size ; its average 
height is about 120 feet, and it will square 20 inches. 
SURADANNI grows in low situations, and is plentiful. 
The wood is of a deep red colour, grows to a large 
size and is used for making canoes, planking boats and 
many other purposes. 
Of CAR ABA OR Crabwood, {Carapa Guianensis, 
Audi.) there are two kinds, white and red, both of 
which attain a large size and are very useful woods. 
From the trunks canoes are made; and sawn into boards 
it is used for making furniture, partitions, flooring &c. 
Masts and spars are sometimes made from crabwood. 
The seeds yield the well known 'crab-oil' and the bark 
is used for tanning. This is one of the few trees in the 
colony of which all the parts are useful. The average 
height of a full grown tree is about 120 feet, and it can 
be squared to 30 inches. 
FOGLEKOP grows in sandy soil, and is a light-coloured 
closed-grained wood of little weight, which is plentiful on 
the Essequibo and Pomeroon Rivers ; sawn into boards 
it is useful for indoor wood, partitions, doors, &c. Its 
average height is about 70 feet, and it will square 12 
inches. It has a small eatable fruit, the seeds of which 
contain oil. 
HOUBOO-BAUJ grows plentifully on the Itooribisci 
Creek. The wood is of a light brown colour, variegated 
