Excerpt from A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Structure, Growth, Distribution, and Qualities of Indian Woods The collections from Assam sent by Mr. Gustav Mann, the Deputy Conservator, and by the Deputy Commissioners of Cachar and Sylhet, included many fine and well seasoned pieces. These were numbered from 628 to 641, 783 to 799, 1228 to 1234, 1254 to 1277, 1285 to 1300 - the last numbers arriving too late for the Exhibition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.