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TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. [chap. 
obtained, while many of the logs which did not pass for 
compass had generally more or less curve, and a straight 
log was quite the exception. 
The specification under which Italian Oak (Fig. 21, 
a and b) was received stood as follows, viz.:— 
Price per Load 
of 50 feet. 
£ s. d. 
Pieces containing each 30 feet and upwards cube. 
,, ,, ,, 20feet and under 30 feet ... 
„ ,, ,, 14feet and under 20 feet ... 
Pieces under 14 feet contents, sided 9 to 11A inches, in¬ 
clusive, and not less than 10 feet long... 
Pieces under 14 feet contents, sided 7 to 8yi inches, in¬ 
clusive, and not less than 8 feet long ... 
FIG. 21 a. 
All the timber to be winter-felled. Pieces sided 7 to &A inches, 
inclusive, to have at least 8 inches curvature in 8 feet in some part of its 
length. 
The straight timber, excepting that sided 9 to 11% inches, inclusive, to 
be 20 feet and upwards in length .... and both compass and straight 
timber to measure in the middle between the wanes, or to have pane at that 
place, not less than the siding of the piece with one-eighth part added 
thereto, and the pane at the top end not to be less than three-fourths the 
siding of the piece. 
All the timber to be fairly tapered from end to end, and not to have 
