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Long ago, our parents used to use the Purpleheart to build boats.
They needed the big Purpleheart tree.
Especially during August with the crab season coming,
they need a big boat to go in the ocean.
So they look for the big trees.
And you can go for about two miles and get the big tree.
Today you have to go about 15-20 miles and you may get a big tree.
You cannot get a big tree any more
due to the lumbering that is taking place.
Almost all the Purpleheart, especially here in Macapo,
is almost finished.
You will just find small trees.
You won't be able to get the large size any more.
We have the Simarouba, we use the Simarouba as a light wood.
Tropical hardwood, maybe.
Now we normally use this to build our house.
It's a very good wood for inside work.
It lasts long.
We have the Crabwood also.
I normally use it for furniture.
It is a very useful wood.
Now you cannot find the Simarouba any more because the lumber people cut it.
The people are outside buying these species of wood.
So they cut the wood in the area and sell it on.
The people who actually do the work here would earn about $70 a beam.
But the person who actually buys it from him will make a fortune
because he'll be buying it at Charity and taking it to Georgetown
and he will make about $160,000 on that one load.
So he'll be making more than the person who buys and sells it him
and he'll be making far more than the person who's cutting the lumber.
What I am saying is that in maybe a few years from now
our children won't be able to know
what is a Purpleheart and what is a Simarouba.
So maybe we have to draw the tree
so the young ones know what a *** is.