Lieutenant Cook, having a quadrant with him, measured its height from the root to the first branch, and found it to be eighty-nine feet.

It was as straight as an arrow, and tapered but very little in proportion to its height; so that, in the lieutenant's judgment, there must have been three hundred and fifty-six feet of solid timber in it exclusive of the branches.

As the party advanced, they saw many other trees, which were still larger.

A young one they cut down, the wood of which was heavy and solid, not fit for masts, but such as would make the finest plank in the world.

The carpenter of the ship, who was with the party, said that the timber resembled that of the pitch-pine, which is lightened by tapping.