SANDAL WOOD

The white or scented sandal wood is the produce of the Santalum album. It is brought from the East Indies. When distilled with water it yields a thick e ential oil, smelling something like roses. Red saunders or sandal is the wood of the Pterocarpus santalin us, also a native of India. Its colouring matter is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol, and is used to impart a red tinge to certain tinctures. The resinous exudation of this tree constitutes one of the varieties of dragon's blood. SAURIANS, Sauria. (Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) The name of an order of reptiles, including all those which are covered with scales and have four legs, as the crocodile and lizard. The mouth of the saurians is always armed with teeth, and their toes are generally furnished with claws; they have all a tail more or le long, and generally very thick at the base. A few species, exceptions to the general character, have only two legs. The most gigantic and singular species of the Saurian order are now extinct. [s. 1097]