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1 or 5 miles on a quiet morning. The trunk of the 

 tavola and some other trees, notably the dakua 

 and damanu, are used, faute de niieux, for making 

 "dug out" canoes or takias, for navigating rivers 

 and smooth water round the shores, and inside the 

 reefs. 



The dilo (calophyllum inophyllum) is another 

 large tree. Like the preceding two, it is common on 

 the shores of most tropical countries, and not unfre- 

 quently found in the interior, where, if in dense 

 forests, it sometimes attains a height of 60 or 70 feet, 

 — being forced up by encroachment and protection of 

 surrounding trees. On the shores it seldom grows to 

 a lofty tree, but has large wide-spreading branches, 

 and a trunk frequently 7 feet in diameter. Like the 

 other calophyllums mentioned below, it yields a valu- 

 able and useful timber. The crooked branches of the 

 trees grown on the sea-shore, are useful as "knees" 

 in the construction of boats and large sized vessels. 

 The seeds yield the dilo or " Tacamahaca " oil of com- 

 merce, which used as a liniment, is of high repute in 

 the east as a cure for rheumatics, &c. When the bark 

 of the tree is wounded, the sap, which flows gently 

 from the wound, is of a clear, transparent, greenish 

 colour. By exposure, it gradually thickens into a gum- 

 resin which is the "Tacamahaca" resin of druggists. 

 The oil as well as the resin is used by the Pijians and 

 " old settlers" as a cure for rheumatics, pains in the 

 joints, and as a balsam for wounds. There is not 

 much of its oil now made in Eiji, and it is not 

 easily obtained pure. The native method of extracting 

 ii [s rude. As the tree is not uncommon in several 

 Localities, its seed might be collected by the people as 

 B Q-overnmenl lax, and the market value of the oil 



