| Description | Written from 39 Old Broad Street, London. The letter comments that Sim himself has seen the truth of the reports of the giant trees of California and confirms that cargoes have shipped from both Oregon and Vancouver Isle containing cut trees of giant size which could make unbelievably tall masts and describes one particular tree, such a perfect specimen that Sim has been compelled to find out the history of the tree and which he thinks is the perfect size for the Mizen mast of the Great Eastern. The letter explains that this tree is of the species Abics Douglasic with attributes similar to Red Pine, Larch and Pitch Pine and informs Brunel that the cargo will be auctioned off the following week. |