Note 2593 — Chapter XIII · EXPORTS FROM AFRICA AND THE EAST.
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“This wood,” says William Marsden, “is in many respects preferable to oak, working more kindly, and equal, at least, in point of duration; many ships built of it at Bombay, continuing to swim for so many years that none can recollect the period at which they were launched.” History of Sumatra, p. 130.