Mahogany Trees.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 30, 24 July 1902, Page 29

Mahogany Trees.

In Central and South America the revenues of many districts depend on the skill and activity of the maho^ gany hunters Mahogany trees do not grow in groups , much less are there whole forests of them. They are scattered, usually concealed in thickets. It requires skill and experience to iind them To fell a tree involves the work of two men for a whole day. On account of a thick, thorny growth near the base of the tree, a scaffold is erected 1 around it, and above this, at a hught of from 10ft to 15ft, the tree is c'<t, so that the best pan is really lost. The felled tree is then freed oi bnanches, u <nd haul-1 en a rough waggon by oxen to the nearest river, where rafts are mude .ui<; floated down.