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has been found on the mountains, but is very 

 scarce) andEimeo, Ahi. On the Malabar coast, 

 Chandana cottie. In the Island of Timor, Aika- 

 menil. In the Island of Amboyna, Ayasru. At 

 the Fidji group, larse. At the Sandwich Islands, 

 Iliahi. 



Different varieties of the sandal-wood are 

 likewise found in India, Eastern Archipelago, 

 (more particularly in the islands to the east- 

 ward,) the Marquesas, Fidji, New Hebrides 

 groups, &c. ; the Island of Juan Fernandez ; 

 and have been occasionally found on the high 

 mountains of Tahiti, Eimeo, and Raivavae, or 

 High Island. -Mr. Crawford observes, {Indian 

 Archipelago, vol. i. p. 419, 420,) respecting 

 sandal -wood, that it is "a native of the Indian 

 islands, and is found of three varieties, white, 

 yellow, and red ; the two first being most 

 esteemed. From Java and Madura, eastward, 

 it is scattered in small quantities throughout the 

 different islands, improving in quantity and qua- 

 lity as we move to the east, until we reach Timor, 

 whence the best and largest supply is obtained." 

 And he observes: — "In the western countries, 

 where it either does not exist at all, or exists 

 in small quantity and of bad quality ; it is uni- 

 versally known by the Sanscrit name of Chan- 

 dana, from whence it may be fair to infer, that 



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