My new friend buys balsa by the ship load and sends it to the U.S. and England.
"Epistles-from-Pap-Letters-from-the-man-known-as-The-Will-Rogers-of-Indiana"
Durham, Andrew Everett
Arthur suggested that we might possibly find a canoe, in which we could go back by water, or, if not, we might build a balsa, such as we had seen used on the Guayas.
"On the Banks of the Amazon"
W.H.G. Kingston
They were made of light balsa wood, which is very buoyant.
"On the Banks of the Amazon"
W.H.G. Kingston