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LIST OF WOODS OF CANADA, MALABAR, AND ROIIILKUXD.
[Class IV.
No. 13 _WOODS OF CANADA (Col. 1-kitii).
NAME.
Colour.
Specific
Gravity.
1 .
Black wood
Black —
2
Bnnnapoo -
-
i.ight- -
-
-
3.
-
Rather dark
_
_
4.
Bow - -
-
Dark - -
_
_
3.
Bobliee -
-
Light
_
—
6 .
—
Rather light
_
_
7
Booty - -
-
Black -
_
_
8 .
Bhoguy -
-
Light
-
-
9.
Bellah - -
-
Light brown
“
-
10 .
Bhoguy -
Dark brown
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11 .
Billanumly -
-
Brown -
-
-
12 .
Colasumpoghcj
-
"White -
-
13.
Hebalsoo -
-
Yellowish -
-
-
14.
Ilalsoo- -
Yellow -
_
_
13.
Hoonvalloo -
-
Brown -
-
-
16.
Iledeeh -
_
Light- -
_
_
17.
Honeh — —
-
Brown -
_
_
18.
Holahonuka
-
Light - -
19.
Jack — -
_
^ _ _
20 .
Jumbeh -
-
Brown -
“
-
21 .
_
_
Brownish -
_
_
22 .
Kalabagy -
-
Light-
-
_
23.
24.
Kunduliy -Marravcn -
-
Yellow -Darkish -
0-S20
23.
Madthy -
-
Light brown
-
-
26.
, ? -
-
Dark - -
-
—
27.
Sagwany -
-
Brown —
-
-
28.
, , —
— .
-
—
29.
Tecravah —
Light
-
-
IlLMAI’.KS.
A very large tree, used for ornamental furniture.
L'seil for building and for farm implements.
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J > ’ » * ’
Use<l for building purposes.
} * ’ j
l sed for furniture.
Used for house ami boat-building.
From 2 feet to 3 feet in diameter, 10 feet to 24 feet in length; usedfor house-building.
Strong and heavy ; used iu house and boat-building,llouse-building.
3 feet in circumference, from 20 feet to 30 feet in length ; used forcommon buildings
Yields beams of 2 feet square, and 20 feet long; used in house andboat-building.
Used in building, ami for furniture.
1 foot to 2 feet in circumference, 10 feet to 20 foot long; used forcommon purposes.
Used for making combs and similar light work.
8 feet in circumference, 20 feet long: used in house and boat-building.
3 feet to 4 feet in circumference, .‘30 feet long; used for beams inbuilding.
A very large tree ; used for furniture.
4 feet to 6 feet in circumference, 30 feet long; used for building audfurniture.
1 foot in circumference, 20 feet long; used for beams of houses.Ilousc-building.
A heavy wood ; used for beams and posts.
Used for house and boat-building, and for furniture.
3 feet in circumference, 40 feet long; used for beams of houses.
Third sort of teak.
Finest sort of teak.
Not strong; used for light work.
No. 1C.—"WOODS OF MALABAR FORESTS(J. E. ChapmanL
1. Jamboo; a very heavy
wood.
2. Kad kud.
3. Kelaho.
4. Koompoly.
5. Kendel; a heavy, strong,
dark wood.
6 . Kunganee.
7. Kursing.
8 . Kumdee.
9. Marlee; a very heavy,
brown wood.
10. Ombah.
11. Pood goossa.
12. Ruccuh korurah ; a very
straight-grained wood.
13. Satannah: a light, soft,
close wood.
14. Sarrali.
13. Seerass.
16. Sood beebo.
17. Sawree: a white, soft
wood, very light.
18. Teh pully.
“ Jamboo,” or Jambu, Mimosa xylocarpa. This treegrows to a large size: on account of its strength andtoughness, it is much valued for house-building.
“ Mairtee,” Pentaptera coriacea, a very common treeboth above and below the Ghauts. The wood is verydurable, and is therefore used in house, ship, and boat-building.
These woods were collected, in 1846, by Dr. Gibson, jConservator of Forests in the Bombay Presidency , forMr. Chapman, in connexion with the projected “ GreatIndian Peninsula Railway .” Previous to the appoint-ment of Dr. Gibson, the forests in this presidency, par-ticularly those south of Bombay and between the westernGhauts and the Indian Ocean , were almost entirely leftto the management of the natives iu their immediateneighbourhood ; the consequence of this was, that, as thecountry under British rule became more settled, and asthe population in those districts increased, the forestswere gradually destroyed, the timber being cut down inthe most reckless and wasteful manner, and a consider-able quantity of it burnt, for the mere purpose of afford-ing ashes for manure. Regulations have now, however,been adopted, under the superintendence of Dr. Gibson,for the preservation and maintenance of forests, so that,for the future, such thoughtless and inconsiderate de-struction of them will be prevented. At present, theGovernment and mercantile yards of Bombay are chiefly
! supplied with timber from the Coucan, to the north ofthe latitude of Bombay. In the Deccan, the supply oftimber, of any size, is very limited; it has, therefore, forthe most part, to be brought from a distance, and theexpense and difficulties of transit present serious obstaclesto its employment in buildings of all descriptions. Mr.Chapman states, that a short time siuce, when YiccajeeMerjce, Esq., an enterprising Parsee capitalist, built ahouse at Hyderabad , he was obliged to have all the prin-cipal beams carried up from Bombay, a distance of morethan 300 miles; and at the present time, most of thetimber of the country is greatly diminished in value,being of necessity cut down, and reduced to shapes andsizes most convenient for land-carriage. From Dr.Gibson’s reports it appears that the forests of Soonda andCanara, if properly managed, will, in a few years, afforda large and regular supply of first-rate timber.
1. Acacia Arabica.
2 . ,, catechu.
3. Bassia latifolia.
4. Bombax heptaphyllum.
5. Calyptranthera sp.
G. Cedrela sp.
7. Chowlace (?)
8 . Dalbcrgia sissoo.
0. Gcshun (?)
10. Grewia.
11 . Khumar(?)
12. Mulberry.
13. Melia Azadirachta;
neem or nimb.
14. Acacia serissa.
13. N'auclea parvifolia.
16. ,, cordifoha.
17. Phyllanthus Emblica.
18. Rohunee (?)
19. Shorea robusta.
20 . Urseina (?)
21. Wrightia mollissima.
The “ Sissoo wood,” Dalbergia -Sissoo, somewhat re-sembles the finer sorts of teak, but it is tougher, andmore elastic. It usually grows to a height of about 30feet, but is generally more or less crooked, and thereforenot suited for beams, though highly valued by the ship-builders of Bengal. The wood is said to harden with age.When fresh, its specific gravity is O'691; when seasoned,O'764; and according to Captain Baker, compared withteak, its strength is as 1030 to 869. It has a light greyish-