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and quality calculated to render it available for 

 the China market. The wood is rasped by the* 

 Chinese, made into pastiles, and in that form 

 burnt before the idols : the oil is said to be ex- 

 pressed from the wood, and also to be extracted 

 by boiling or distillation. Sandal-wood oil is 

 highly esteemed, by some persons, in herpetic 

 eruptions. 



The sandaj-wood tree, (S/mtalum) is placed in 

 the natural order Santalaceee, class Tetrandria, 

 order Monogynia. There are several species, 

 but all have not wood possessed of fragrance. 

 Of those from which the scented wood is pro- 

 cured I am acquainted with three species : two 

 have been described, one the Santalum myrtifo- 

 lium, found on the coast of Coromandel ; and S. 

 Freycinetianum, found at the Sandwich Islands ; 

 the other, an undescribed species, at the New 

 Hebrides group ; the latter appearing to have an 

 affinity to that found on the Coromandel shores. 



The native names of the sandal-wood, in some 

 of the countries where it is found indigenous, 

 are as follow : — 



Among the Malays, Jeendana. New Hebrides: 

 Island of Erromanga, Nassau ; Island of Tanna, 

 Nebissi ; Island of Annatom, Narti, niat. The 

 Marquesa group, Bua ahi. The Island of Oparo, 

 Turi, turi. At the Island of Tahiti (where it 



