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st. Louis Lumber .onius melt
interest, says the ing pain.
There is a cure. be felt
pretty well borne o,
records about the firsf we're
ed in Europe having / I'm sure.
sent there by a dOctt him mere
among the West w.
some of the wood ,WTH OF
and having it worked
novelty. Further re
historical data relatiI5ew more
and its introductioIrorn than
brings TO light the p9inarv ef-
Sir Walter Raleigh, NIlate the
the introduction of g OF agri-
rope, as well as feats increas-
gallantry, was really q
troduce mahogany into ] &
try. This happened eiBank is
during a succeeding nature Of
by him in 1895. On in these
petitions he was Gale spIIv az
OF the SHIPS Whlle IN cular let
and the timber aValled TO the
the work was mahOg.
its purpose so well. tOOarv how
returned TO England he farm
ton to the excellent qual
wood and carried some -.
to Snow his many friends
attract a great deal OF ait,no-
that time, and it was probai ,rn~
til 125 years later thai ; taru
receive active attention e. 81
wood in England.
Considerably later, after vas
got to be pretty well knoHn ~
net wood, a firm Of Liverpo
merchants. Messrs. Chaloner m.
ing. were inspired TO prol he
hogany as a material t. 90
ships. and issued quite -. n
subject Of the mahOgan& -
1t seems that about ] ~ tpa
cry of gold in California b A.
siderable travel over the STAR
that this in turn Etr2asiR I'm.
to the forests OF TEahogant
ing that there was seemif n.
quantities Of il i'm the tropics ,r
that Chandler & Fleming werv
ed to issue a book on the
with a view Of encouraging q
extensive use of It And on.
nent purpose for which &c wa
mended was ship buildl9gk
this time. too. there VS.
for DeLessep's canal whie mr.
their mind the opening up ms
sources in mahogany stuuH A.
70 that time il had been us,to
erably in repairing ships. aufer
that even a ship or two ~
completely out Of il b
early ships, the Gibraltar. -
man-of-war, which was am
Lord Rodney i'm 1850. was 81. :.
in the royal deck yard az lep,i
and though ii was said THAI an.
one of the oldest ships afioa p
timbers were as sound as vig
were put into tables for Till
of the British navy. In thiss-
sued by ChalenOr & FleminFle
there were quite a lot OF nj
comparisons made betweeT l.
ny and oak TO show that OF
was a superior wood for 81 OF
in several essential points. VI.
We can look back now and. ".
hitting to the superior qualai
mahogany as a wood for ship
ing. understand why 10 never or
extensively into the rougher
because il is too valuable and Ia
ed for the finer finish. a ents
day quite extensively into the
ior work Of ship building. bur
are not many lUmbermen Who
think OF sel'inz mahogany 81
timbers.
Now a- 90 rhs details 90 =
of ths doctor and the Cabluri
who FIRST introduced mahoeauf
most authentic historical data
can te gathered 1u ihe point
chat i'm 1921 90 few plauks 1l u
any We're sent tu Dr GibboL OF
don by q brother. who was a
indies captain Nr that time fh.
tor was erecting "a house oa
street. Convent Garden. and gas
pianks 20 bis workmen. who rel
them as being TOO hard. The 40
cabinet maker. named W0llastan
then implOred 20 make a candL
of them He. too. complained o
hardness Of the wood. but when
candle box was finished b. Quot
in beauty all the doctors 0her
ture. and became an object of q
ity and exhibition. Then H. i