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two sample logs were 17 and 20 inches square, and 27\ 
feet in length. 
13. Violet. This wood is of a violet colour, very hard and 
heavy, close and fine in the grain, and solid. The quality 
is very good, and therefore it is likely to be highly prized 
by the cabinet-maker, turner, and others. The dimen¬ 
sions of the-logs were 11 and 13 inches square, and 24 
feet in length. 
14. Wacapou. This wood is brownish in colour, 
straight, and clean in the grain, of moderate hardness 
and weight, and inclined to split or shake rather seriously 
from the pith or centre. It would not, therefore, be of 
much value for architectural purposes, but in the domestic 
arts it could be turned to account in many ways. The 
dimensions of the logs varied from 13 to 16 inches 
square, and from 14 to 21 feet in length. 
15. Wacapou gris. This wood is darker in colour 
than the preceding, and has a slight resemblance to 
Rosewood, but is upon the whole pretty much of the 
same character as the Wacapou, and of no value except 
perhaps for the plainer description of cabinet work. The 
dimensions are the same as No. 14. 
16. Ebene verte. This wood is dark green in colour, 
very hard, heavy, close in the grain, solid, and of good 
quality. Like No. 3, it has about inch of sap-wood. 
The dimensions of the logs varied from 14 to 16 inches 
square, and were about' 14 feet in length. It would be 
chiefly useful in cabinet work and turnery. 
17. Boco. This wood is dark in colour, hard, heavy, 
straight, and of good quality. It might be useful in 
architecture as an article of general applicability in place 
of other hard and strong wood, or to the cabinet-maker 
for furniture, &c., &c. The logs were delivered at the 
docks in Havre in a round state, and were about 18 
inches in diameter, and 29 feet in length. 
