48 VEGETABLE OILS. 



to Europe ; but as the tree which produces it is not 

 found in Sarawak, I have never had an opportunity of 

 seeing it. The seeds are oblong, pointed, and of a 

 shining rich brown colour ; the oil which they produce, 

 on compression, is of a yellow colour, with a perfume 

 precisely resembling that of almond oil ; and, as it is 

 very cheap and abundant in the places where it grows, 

 it would perhaps be serviceable to soap-makers and 

 perfumers. It is a very fine oil for lamps, burning 

 with a bright and clear flame, at the same time 

 emitting an agreeable odour ; it is produced chiefly 

 on the Sadong, Lingah, and Kallekka rivers, and ex- 

 ported to Sarawak and other places under the name of 

 ' ininiak katiow.' 



The ' miniak kapayang ' is another oil held in esteem 

 for cooking amongst the natives : it is produced by a 

 tree called by botanists Pangium edule. The tree 

 grows to about forty feet high, and is not found wild, 

 but has been planted by the Dyaks : the leaves are 

 large, dark green, on long petioles, and the large fruit 

 is terminal. On opening the fruit it is found to 

 contain many large seeds embedded in a slight 

 pulp, which is said by the natives to be deleterious. 

 When the fruit is ripe, these seeds are extracted, and 

 when compressed, produce an oil which is much scarcer 

 than any of the other kinds before enumerated : the 

 tree bears fruit all the year, and is a very ornamental 

 plant. 



Wood oil, called by the natives of Borneo ' ininiak 

 kruing,' is extracted from the trees which produce 



