204 THE CAMPHOR-TREE OF BORNEO. 
residue is worth about 6 dollars. The quantity exported from Borneo 
is about seven peculs per annum ; it comes from Palawaw, the northern 
part of Borneo Sooloo, but about five-sixths of it from Barram ; Sin- 
gapore also receives large quantities from Acheen and other parts of 
Sumatra, and a good deal is carried direct to China from Sooloo and 
Magurdano, and the eastern coast of Borneo. It is consumed chiefly 
in China, but a good deal is also sent to Cochin-China, Japan, Laos, 
Cambodia, and Siam, and a small quantity to Burmah. Since I wrote 
_ to you I have had another and better opportunity of seeing it in situ, 
though in small quantity, and I think that it is not deposited from 
_ the oil, but that it is sublimed and erystallized in the upper part of the 
Cavities, which are only partially filled with oil; this may be an ex- 
ception however, but it was the case in the only two trees I have seen 
while yet standing. The other specimens sent in the box were put in 
to fill up, and tell their own stories so far as I know. Should I have 
an opportunity of acquiring further information, and should it be worth 
your while to receive it, it will be a labour of love to me; for, with 
unfortunately very little knowledge, I have nevertheless an unquench- 
able love for all branches of natural history." 
I have little to add to the early history or discovery of this camphor - 
given by De Vriese.. "Phat author (p. 33 of the present volume) states 
that the first mention of it occurs in the ** Eerste Scheepvart der Hol- 
landsche Natie naar Oost-Indië, 1595—7,"— but, as will be seen by 
the quotation which heads this article, it was evidently known in the 
time of the great poet and traveller Camoens, who died in 1579 and 
whose ‘ Lusiad was published in 1572. 
Our representation of the appearance of the crystals of resin of the 
natural size, Tab. VIII. fig. 1,5s taken from a portion of the block sent 
__ by Mr. Motley (the entire piece of wood with crystals in the clefts is 
~ M4 foot long by 10 inches broad); and at fig. 2, a portion slightly 
. magnified :—but it will be Observed that these are only intended to 
. exhibit what they appear to the eye of the artist. Samples of crystals 
were sent for investigation, through the kindness of Dr. Percy, to 
» Who writes to me—“ T have lately received from 
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