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IX.] of this tree, came out with a long, clean, straight grain, as the appearance of the log had promised; but the six taken from the opposite side were not nearly so good, the grain being in each a little waved or twisted, and the fibre of no great length. Some had small pin-like knots in them, and the surface of the plank being dotted over with these, it presented a mottled appearance, somewhat resembling Bird's-eye Maple.

The specimens are numbered from the centre or pith of the tree outwards—1 to 6 and 1′ to 6″ in column 9. The results are as follow, viz.:—

—Nos. 13 to 17 inclusive broke very short; 18 and 19 were nearly alike and had scarph-shaped fractures 10 inches in length; 20 and 21 had long splintery fractures; 22 to 24 inclusive broke short to $1/undefined$ th the depth, then long fractures.