. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa. Effects of Storms on certain Forests, Cape Province. 753 all these trees have since died from the damage they sustained, andin working them up it is being found that water oozes out whilstthe logs are being sawn, that the timber is streaked with black, andthat it gives out an olfensive odour like that of stagnant water. Chipsof yellowwood showing these characteristics were submitted to thePlant Pathologist for examination, and he reports that the dis-coloration in the wood is due to moisture at the roots. It is similarto the tr
. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa. Effects of Storms on certain Forests, Cape Province. 753 all these trees have since died from the damage they sustained, andin working them up it is being found that water oozes out whilstthe logs are being sawn, that the timber is streaked with black, andthat it gives out an olfensive odour like that of stagnant water. Chipsof yellowwood showing these characteristics were submitted to thePlant Pathologist for examination, and he reports that the dis-coloration in the wood is due to moisture at the roots. It is similarto the trouble in oaks known as wet-foot, due to the same is no fungus present—the walls of the cells are simply impreg-nated with some resinous substance. About one hundred trees of different species (Yellowwood—Pndocarpvs sp., Stinkwood—Ocotea bullafa, Assegai—Curtisiafarjliica, Lemon—Xymalos monospora, Chestnut—Cnlodenclron. Showing track of the storms on the flats below the forests. capense, and Pear—Ajwdtjtcs diiiiidlata), hov/ever, were swept outof the forests and deposited on the flats below, a distance, in someinstances, of from 3 to 4 miles. The majority of these trees werenot very much damaged, although several were over 100 inches ingirth and over 30 feet in length. They have all since been convertedinto timber by local sawyers. Owing to the large amount of soil washed into the TTmtata Eiverthousands of eels were carried down with the current in a chokedcondition, and it was an interesting and unique sight to see themJ3eing hauled out from the banks in buckets, by rakes, and even byhand. The small colony of woodcutters living below the forests inquestion and close to a small stream from Ihe Ceka Forest, at which 754 Journal op the Department op Agriculture. they were wont to obtain their water supply, had a very anxiousand terrifying time. The stream, ordinarily about 5 yards broad,soon overflow
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