Show mahogany hunters in central and south america the revenues of many districts depend on the skill and of the magog j any hunters mahogany trees do not grow in groups much less are there whole forests of them they are scat usually concealed in thickets it requires skill and experience to flad them to fell a tree involves the work of two men for a whole day on account of a thick thorny growth near the base of the tree scaffold Is erected around it and above this at a height of from ten to fifteen feet the tree Is cut so that the best part Is really lost the felled tree Is thea freed of branches and hauled on a rough wagon by oxen to the nearest rh er where rafts are made and float ed down afu |