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filled with pith ; but it does not extend to the whole 

 length; on the contrary, they are found in small portions 

 of a foot or a foot and half lon<? at certain distances. 

 The method of extracting the oil is merely by making 

 a deep incision with a Malay axe in the tree, about four- 

 teen or ei^liteen feet from the ground, till near the heart, 

 when a deeper incision is made with a small aperture, 

 and the oil if any in the tree immediately gushes out, and 

 is received in bamboos or any other utensil better approv- 

 ed of Tn this manner a party proceeds through the woods, 

 wounding the camphor trees till they attain their object. 

 The camphor is procured in pretty nearly the same way. 

 The trees are cut to the heart about the same height from 

 the ground as in the former instance, till the camphor is 

 seen; hundreds may be mutilated before the sought for 

 tree is discovered ; when attained it is felled, and cut into 

 junks of a fathom long, which are again split, and the 

 camphor is found in the heart occupying a space, in cir- 

 cumference of the thickness of a man's arm. The pro- 

 duce of a middling sized tree is about eight China catties 

 or nearly eleven pounds and of a large one, double that 

 quantity. The camphor thus found is called the Tento- 

 ly. It is often the case that the trees which have been 

 cut and left standing in that state, will produce cam- 

 phor in seven or eight years after, which is distinguished 

 by the name of Oogar, but is inferior in appearance though 

 of the same quality. The sorts of camphor called belly 

 and foot are the scraping of the wood which surrounds it." 



2. S. Tumhugaia. R. 



Leaves ovate cordate, long-petioled. Panicles termi- 

 nal. Stamina about one hundred, with bearded anthers. 



Tarn. Tumbugai. 



A larsce timber tree, a native of the Balasfhat moun- 

 tains ; it blossoms in the beginning of the hot season, and 

 the seed ripens in June. Both these species yield a large 



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