 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 816 pages
...the billets are here buried in dry ground for two montlis, during which time the white ants eat up all the outer wood without touching the heart, which is the sandal. The deeper the color the higher the perfume, but the root sandal is the best. The large billets are sent... | |
 | Science - 1864 - 552 pages
...should be taken off immediately, and the trunks cut into billets two feet long. These should then be buried in a piece of dry ground for two months, during...away all the outer wood, without touching the heart, constituting the sandal of commerce; the billets ought then to be taken up and smoothed, and, according... | |
 | Science - 1864 - 542 pages
...should be taken off immediately, and the trunks cut into billets two feet long. These should then be buried in a piece of dry ground for two months, during which time the white ants will'eat away all the outer wood, without touching the heart, constituting the sandal of commerce;... | |
 | Francis Hamilton - India - 1870 - 544 pages
...is as follows : the trees ought to be felled in the wauo of the moon ; the bark should be taken oft' immediately, and the trees cut into billets two feet...months, during which time the white ants will eat up all the outer wood, without touching the heart, which is the sandal. The billets ought then to be... | |
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... all the outer wood, without touching the heart, which is the Sandal ; the billets ought then to be taken up and smoothed, and, according to their size, sorted into three kinds. The deeper the colour, the higher is the perfume ; and hence the merchants... 