. The Philippine Islands . Useful Woods and Plants. THE HUGE FORESTS. THERE are great forests of costly woods in the colony, mahog-any, sapan-wood, log-wood, iron-wood, ebony, and cedar;beside fifty varieties not known to European markets, buteagerly sought for by merchants from China. The cedar is almostexclusively used in making cigar boxes; and I have seen beautifulknotted and polished war clubs of iron-wood used by the remotersavages in their battles with other tribes; they are as black asebony, and nearly as hard as steel. These various woods yieldlogs from eighteen to seventy feet in len
. The Philippine Islands . Useful Woods and Plants. THE HUGE FORESTS. THERE are great forests of costly woods in the colony, mahog-any, sapan-wood, log-wood, iron-wood, ebony, and cedar;beside fifty varieties not known to European markets, buteagerly sought for by merchants from China. The cedar is almostexclusively used in making cigar boxes; and I have seen beautifulknotted and polished war clubs of iron-wood used by the remotersavages in their battles with other tribes; they are as black asebony, and nearly as hard as steel. These various woods yieldlogs from eighteen to seventy feet in length. The molave isespecially valuable : the sea-worm cannot bore it, the white anteat it; nor is it affected by water or by climate. It is used forthe frames of vessels, and would be unsurpassed for railroad ties,being practically invulnerable. The palma brava is used in the making of bridges, piles, andpiers—wherever, in short, resistance to water is necessary. Lanete-wood is useful in carving and in the making of music
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