Portions most liable to destruction, those parts between the tide marks, were found perfectly sound, and showed no signs of the ravages of marine organisms. Other valuable timber trees of the eastern portion of the continent are the blackbutt, tallow-wood, spotted gum, red gum, mahogany, and blue gum, eucalyptus; and the turpentine (Syncarpialaurifolia), which has proved to be more resistant to the attacks of teredo than any other timber and is largely used in wharf construction in infested waters. [Please select]
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[4] The teredo or shipworm was a serious peril in the days before the sheathing of ships. [Please select]
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They here remained until the 23rd, endeavouring to repair their vessels, which were fearfully pierced by the teredo. [Please select]
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It is not touched by the teredo and other marine worms. [Please select]
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Did the deadly teredo bore the ship's timbers full of holes, until she went down with all on board. [Please select]
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Before copper sheathing was invented some generations later, the Teredo worm used to honeycomb unprotected hulls in the most dangerous way. [Please select]
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By the end of April, with a favourable wind, Columbus left the disastrous shores of Veragua; but his ships, honeycombed by the teredo, could with difficulty be kept afloat. [Please select]
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