尽管用木材建房子是该地区的一项传统的工艺，但是这里缺少好的、结实的木材。

Building with timbers is a tradition craft in this region, but good hard timbers are running scarce.

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在森林里，随处可得结实的木材和圆木，那时侯的桥极可能是由一根或并排的几根圆木建成，可能在其上覆一些木枝或草垫以方便行走。

In the forest, widely available solid wood and logs, then most likely Hou bridge or by a few logs built side by side, may, in its number of wooden sticks or straw MATS on the cover for easy walking.

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东印度的一种树，叶子可作饲料；出产一种深褐色的结实的经久耐用的木材，可用于造船和制造铁路枕木。

East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties.

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It's on a low bridge near the water, solid wood planks, nice and wide, hand railings made out of solid wood, and you can cross the bridge that way.

另外一座桥离水面近，实木板材质的，又结实又宽，扶手,也是实木材做的，通过这座桥也可以过河。

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