AT JAVA. 1751. M7 



fcribe cocoa oil with fyrup of violets againft 

 coughs and afthmas, and order gouty people to 

 rub the parts affected with it, &c. The roots 

 are ufed againft dyfenteries and fevers. The 

 ftrangury and the gonorrhoea virulent a are 

 healed by means of the flowers taken out of 

 the fpatha and eaten with Lontaris or a red- 

 difh fugar. If frefh cocoa-nuts are roafted 

 and grow cold again, or when they are ex- 

 pofed to dew, they are faid to put a flop to 

 agues and the like difeafes : it might be of 

 ufe to try this receipt in the Eajl India voyages. 

 In Malabar the kernels of the ripe nurs are 

 dried by the fun, and exported into other 

 countries by the name of Copra ; and oil is 

 preffed out of it, with which all forts of wea- 

 pons are rubbed to prevent their rufting. 



The inhabitants of this part of Java had 

 no wild birds to fell at prefent ; however, for 

 two knives, I got an Ifpida viridis fupraferru- 

 ginea : (Merops viridis Linn.) One might fee 

 by its afpeel: it was not formed for a fongfter, 

 but only to clear the earth of grubs and other 

 infects. It made fome noife now and then as 

 long as it lived ; but it furvived but a few 

 days. After its deceafe I took down the fol- 

 lowing particulars : the bill is black, fharp, 

 L 2 arched. 



