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intoxicating drink but little inferior to the " toddy " 

 prepared from the cocoanut palm. 



A fruit closely resembling the common "bilimbing" 

 is found in the Lawas district, and is called " tampui 

 bilimbing " by the natives. It is of a bright scarlet 

 colour ; and according to the native account it has 

 large entire leaves, the fruits being borne on short few- 

 flowered peduncles, which proceed from the main 

 branches of the tree. The white pulp which surrounds 

 the solitary seed is acidulous and pleasant. 



Another jungle fruit, called " mandaroit " by tilt 

 Kadyans, resembles a small " rambutan," but the 

 leathery husk is quite smooth. It may possibly be 

 produced by a species of niphelium, and is very 

 sweet and agreeable when perfectly ripe, the fruits 

 being kidney-shaped, and but little larger than a black- 

 bird's egg. 



" Rambeneer," a still smaller, pale 3'ellowish-green 

 fruit, also has sweet flesh around a stone ; but in this 

 case the husk is mango-like, having a thin and tender 

 skin, which may be eaten with the pulp. 



The fruit known to the natives as " mamhangan " is as 

 large as an ostrich's egg, having a rough, brown skin, 

 and when ripe the yellow llesh which surrounds a mango- 

 like stone is rather agreeable as a juicy sub-acid ac- 

 companiment to a dish of plain boiled rice. 



The "luing" is another edible fruit, but rarely seen 

 even in its native woods. It is yellow, with brown mark- 

 ings, and rarely exceeds a pigeon's egg in size. After 

 tie' thick, leathery husk is removed, one finds a delicate 

 white sul-acid pulp surrounding a small stone. It is 

 rather viscid, with a slight flavour of turpentine. The 

 albumen of the seed is similar to that of a nutmeg. 



After the durian, one of the most esteemed of native 



