OF HONDURAS.


stage is erected for the axe-man employed
in levelling it. This to an observer would
appear a labour of much danger, but an
accident rarely happens to the person en-
gaged in it. The body of the tree, from
the dimensions of the wood it furnishes,
is deemed the most valuable; but for pur-
poses of ornamental kind, the branches
or limbs are generally preferred, the grain
of these being much closer, and the veins
more rich and variegated.
 The last day of falling, if the negroes
have not been disturbed in their labour,
is always one of festivity and merriment;
and these people now anticipate a leisure
that will allow them to think of comforts
in which they could not indulge at the
commencement of their work. Some are
busily employed in the improvements of
their dwellings, which are nothing more
than huts composed of a few sticks and
leaves, that of the master being seldom
better: whilst others search the woods for
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