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XVIII.] In the experiments that were made, it was found White Oak compared very favourably with all the foreign Oaks, but proved to be slightly inferior in strength to the English Oak.

—Nos. 1, 2, 5, and 6 broke with a splintery fracture, 10 to 12 inches in length 3 and 4, although splintered like the others, were not completely broken asunder.