Facts About Santo Domingo Applicable to the Present Crisis
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It is esteemed inval- uable in Santo Domingo for the knees and other parts of ships requiring great strength and durability. The Satin-wood tree is more rare than those already named. Still it is of frequent occurrence, particularly on the south side. This is a valuable wood, and is well known to the commerce of America. From its comparative scarcity it commands a higher average price than the mahogany, but its finer qualities do not bring the enormous rates paid for the best mahogany. It is of...ten used in cabinet work to relieve other and darker woods, and being susceptible of a high polish its delicate yellow presents quite a pleasing contrast to the brown and black rosewood or the rich purple-tinted mahogany. The Santo Domingo Lignum-vito3 is famous the world over. I have known picked lots sold in the London market at one hun- dred dollars per ton. It is used for gun carriages, blocks, and pins of ships — and has recently been substituted for iron in some parts of machinery. There is still an abundance of this wood upon the island.
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