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the other drugs have failed to produce their murderous 

 effects. 



Perfumes for scenting cocoa-nut oil, which the na- 

 tives profusely apply to their hair and naked body, are 

 supplied by the wood of the Yasi (Santalum Yasi, 

 Seem.), the bark of the Macou (Cinnamomum sp.), the 

 flowers of the Uci (Evodia hortensis, Forst.), the Ma- 

 kosoi (Uvaria odorata, Lam.), the Balawa (Pandanus 

 odoratissimus, Linn.) and the Bua (Fagrcea Berteriana, 

 A. Gray), and the fruit of the Makita (Parinarium 

 laurinum, A. Gray), and the Leba (Eugenia \Jambosa~] 

 neurocalyx, A. Gray). 



The Yasi or sandal-wood (Santalum Yasi, Seem.) is 

 confined to the south-western parts of Vanua Levu, and 

 formerly abounded near Bua or Sandal-wood Bay. The 

 high estimation in which it was held by the Tonguese 

 early induced them to undertake regular trading voy- 

 ages to Fiji, long previous to those attempted by our- 

 selves. Mariner, who was a resident in Tonga from 

 the year 1806 to 1810, affords us a tolerable insight 

 into them (J. Martin's Account of the Natives of the 

 Tonga Islands : London, 1817: p. 319, 333), in narrating 

 the adventures of Cow Mooala, a Tonguese chief, who 

 had been about fourteen years from home, and had ori- 

 ginally set out on a sandal-wood expedition. Attempts 

 had been made, he assures us, to extend the range of 

 the wood by cultivation, both in Fiji and Tonga ; but 

 the tree, though successfully transplanted, yielded a 

 produce with little or no scent, absolutely useless for 

 the purposes for which it was required. The demand 

 continuing, and the article becoming scarcer every day, 



