Class IV.]
LIST OF WOODS OF TAVOY AND AMHERST.
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No. 20. — WOODS OF TAVOY (Mr. Commissioner Blundell)— continued.
56.
Thiem — — —
A serviceable timber.
57.
Thingan-kyaup -
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A close-grained, heavy, strong wood ; used in ship and house-building,for carts, &c.
58.
Thmeng-ba — —
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Like red jarrool ; used for posts and cotton-rollers.
59.
Thmeng-tshout —
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A small, heavy, coarse, brown wood; used for door-frames and boat-beams.
60.
Toung-bhaut —
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Rough, knotty wood; used for knife and spear-handles.
61.
Toung-bhien -
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A light, porous wood ; used for common carpentry.
62.
Toung-byeng
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A kind of red saul.
63.
Toung-bvion —
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A close-grained, brown, shaky wood.
64.
Toung-kha-ray -
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Red jarrool; used in boat-building.
65.
Tseng byioun —
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A compact greyish-brown wood ; suitable for common carpentry.
66.
Tsoay-dan — -
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Used for gun-stocks.
67.
AVonthay-khyay
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A small, strong, compact, yellowish-white wood.
68.
Y^au-ma-lay —
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A strong, heavy, rough, white wood ; used for house-posts.
69.
Zoo-lat- - -
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A small, heavy, compact, yellowish-white wood.
No. 21. —"WOODS OF AMHERST (Mr. Commissioner Blundell).
1.
Anan - -
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2.
Ban-boay -
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Mimosa — -
3.
Ban-kha —
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4.
Bahai-bja -
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Lagerstrcemia -
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Bcp-than -
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Bhyeng-tseng
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Bijion - -
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Daup-yat -
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9.
Dien-neeang
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10.
Eng - -
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11.
Eng-gyeng -
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12.
Gan-gan —
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Gyo - -
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14.
Ka-thut-nec
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15.
Kha-boung -
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16.
Kiep-dep —
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Shorea (?) - -
17.
Kiep-maup -
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18.
Kiep-yo —
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— —
19.
Koup-ha -
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Nauclc-a (?) -
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Kya-nan -
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21.
Kya-zoo -
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22.
Kyway-thoay
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Acacia (?) —
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24.
Kywon -
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25.
Kywon-gaung-noay
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26.
Lammay —
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27.
Laphyan -
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28.
Lien — -
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29.
Liep-yo
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30.
Lip-dwat -
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Nauclea (?) -
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Maga-neng -
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32.
Mala-ka -
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— —
33.
Ma-thloa -
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Artoc-arpus (?)
34.
Ming-ba —
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Shorea (?)- -
35.
Morna-kha —
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36.
Moutha-ma -
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37.
Myaun-ngo -
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— —
38.
Myaup-loaut
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Ccdrela — -
39.
Mya-ya
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-
—
— —
40.
Myeng-kha -
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Acacia.
41.
Na-kyeen -
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Ueriteria — -
42.
Naoo — -
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43.
Ncet-gnyoo -
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Mimosa (?) -
44.
Nga-soav -
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45.
Nyaung-lan
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Shorea - -
46.
Oun-thuay -
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47.
Pad-dan -
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48.
Pa-ngan —
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Gmelina — —
49.
Pa-ra-wa -
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50.
Peng-lay-oun
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— —
51.
Pinnai — -
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Artocarpus (?)
52.
Povin-guyet
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Lagerstroemia -
53.
Pyeen-ma -
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Shorea (?) - -
54.
Raung-thmoo
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55.
San-labet -
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A yellowish-white, heavy, durable wood ; used in constructing temples ;specific gravity 1*312.
A strong and useful wood ; used for posts in building houses.
A grey-coloured wood ; used for posts in building houses.
"Used for house-posts.
A good wood ; used for making handles to spears and swords.
A close-grained, compact, grey wood, seems not to be attacked byinsects.
A heavy, close-grained, compact, grey wood; used for house-posts,rafters, Sec.
A beautiful yellowish-white, compact wood, but shaky; used for rafters.A strong, hard, close-grained, brown wood; used for rice mortal's.
A strong, heavy, grey wood ; used in boat-building, for piles, beams, &c.A useful wood, but shaky ; used for posts.
A very tough, strong, hard, red wood ; suitable for machinery.
A close-grained compact wood; used for ploughs, handspikes, posts, &c.A heavy, hard, grey wood; used for boats, posts, carts; liable toattacks of insects.
A small tree, but the wood is very strong.
Used for posts, Sec.
A superior wood ; used for wheel-spokes.
A small tree ; heavy, good wood ; used for rafters, posts, Sec.
A light soft wood; used for carving images, &c.
A very hard, close-grained, dark-red wood; used for musket-stocks,spear-handles, Sec.
A very heavy wood.
A strong solid wood ; used for posts and rafters.
A kind of teak.
,, used for posts, rafters, oars, Sec.
A compact, heavy, tough, yellowish-white wood; used for posts andrafters.
A light, red wood, not attacked by insects.
A heavy, solid wood, soon destroyed by insects.
A valuable, compact, heavy, homogeneous, deep-brown wood ; notattacked by insects ; used for house-posts and rafters.
Small, but compact and heavy ; used for carpenters’ tools.
A fine-grained white wood; turns well; used for spear and sword-handles.
A close-grained wood; used for boats, carts, paddles, oars, posts, &c.Small, but compact and heavy : used for carpenters’ tools.
Used for house-posts.
I’sed for house-posts, rafters, Sec.
A close and compact, but softish, red wood ; used for turning.
A fine-grained, compact, red wood, but shaky.
Used for rafters.
A kind of toon.
A hard, close-grained, durable wood ; not attacked by insects.
Very strong and tough; used inmaking carts, carriages, Se c., and for fuel.A brown solid wood, not attacked by insects ; used in building houses.A useful, strong, heavy, red wood.
A very heavy, solid, red wood; used for posts and rafters.
Used in boat-building, and for posts and rafters.
A white soft wood, of little value.
Used for musical instruments.
Compact white wood ; used for boats and musical instruments.
A hard red wood, not attacked by insects; used for spears and arrows.A very valuable, close, heavy, red wood; used for spear-handles.
A close, handsome, yellow wood.
A good useful wood; used for posts and rafters.
A capital wood ; used for carts, boats, oars, posts, rafters, Sec. ; specificgravity O'920.
Used for house-posts.
A good, heavy, white wood ; not aitacked by insects ; used in building.