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Fires to thaw out the ground were unavailable for sheer lack of fuel; there was no driftwood between these forestless shores.

From A Man to His Mate by Mulford, Stockton

China affords a ready and large market for Borneo timber, being itself almost forestless, and for many years past it has received iron-wood from Sarawak.

From British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo by Treacher, W. H. (William Hood), Sir