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pings of the leaves after rain, raife blifters on the flvin ; ftanding 

 under its fhade for any length of time affedls the fenfes. 



OXF. of the Sideroxylojis^ or iron woods, is common here, and of Iron Wood. 

 great ufe on account of its extraordinary hardnefs ; it may be 

 the Sideroxylon inerme., Hort. Eltb. ^^7' tab. 265. Hor^. Kew, 

 i. 260. 



The pitch called Dammer, mentioned in the article Pulo con- Dammsr. 

 dor., is extradted in abundance from certain refmous trees which 

 go under the common Malayan name of Canari ; they grow in 

 vaft plenty in the fj^ice iflands, but we find that fome fpecies 

 have extended far more weft. Rwnphius defcribes all of them ; 

 but the fpecies productive of this article are the Damfnara nigra, 

 vol. ii. p. 160. tab. 52, and xhtDafwnara nigra legiti7na, 162. tab. 53, 

 quantities are fent to Bengal and other places, for the fame ufes 

 as pitch and tar ai-e in Europe, and particularly for the Ihip- 

 ping. 



Among the trees or vegetables produdive of the neceilary Esculents. 

 food for the natives, is the Coco palm ; rice, the Padda or upland; 

 the common Mayz ; Sefamum in great quantities, for the oil it 

 produces, which is ufed only in burning ; Ricinus pabna Chrijli, 

 for the caftor oil, grows wild ; Cqjlus Arabicus, Amomian zeraju- 

 bet, and feveral others are raifed for medicinal purpofes. A 

 Rumpbius is wanted to pervade the forefts of this vaft illand, and 

 bring to light the numberlefs hidden treafures it contains, im- 

 portant perhaps in mechanics, medicine, and the luxuries of life. 



The Cycas circinalis, orfago tree*, begins to appear here, but 

 is not in fuch general ufe as a food, as we Ihall find it in the saco. 



* Outlines of the Globe, vol. i. p. 245. 



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