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288 The specimens Nos. 1 to 6 were selected pieces, but not all taken from the same tree.

The following were taken from a continuous strip cut the whole length of the tree.

—No. 7 fractured but not broken asunder, highly resinous; Nos 8, 9, 10 and 11 broke a little short; 12 broke with a long splintery fracture.

Specimens Nos. 7 to 12, with the early layers or growth, were taken at about 3 inches from the pith of a centre plank cut from a log 42 feet in length. (Fig. 32.)

FIG. 32.—'a, b, c.