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CASE Trinidad. The heart-wood is exceedingly hard and very 



115. finely marked or mottled with dark blotches, having a 



fancied resemblance to letters, or the skin of a leopard or 



snake. The wood is used for inlaying, walking sticks, 



bows, &c. 



No. 469. Upas. Inspissated juice of Antiaris 

 toxicaria, Lesch., a large evergreen tree of India and 

 Malaya. The fresh juice is a virulent poison (Ipoh), and 

 is used by the Sakais and other aboriginal tribes of the 

 Malay Peninsula to tip their arrows. Note quiver with 

 Ipoh-tipped arrows and bamboo blow pipes from Perak. 



No. 470. Sacks made in Western India from the 

 bark of Antiaris toxicaria, by soaking and beating the 

 trunk until the bark is sufficiently loosened to be removed 

 whole. A portion of the stem remains at the end to serve 

 as a bottom. 



No. 471. Central American and West Indian 

 Rubber from Castilloa elastica, Cerv. One of the 

 largest forest trees of the North-east Coast of Mexico, and 

 found also in Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Guyaquil, 

 &c. It is the Ule of the natives. The plant has been 

 introduced into India, Ceylon, and other countries. 

 Several specimens of different qualities of rubber are 

 exhibited. - -"•j 



Observe fruits and seeds of the Okwa or African 

 Bread-fruit (Treculia africana^ Dene.), also fruit of 

 Affon {Treculia Affona, N.E.Br.). The seeds of both 

 species are ground into meal and used as food by the 

 natives of West Tropical Africa. 



No. 472. Bread-fruit (Artocarpus incisa, L.).^^A 

 staple food of the South Sea Islanders, Introduced into 

 the East and West Indies. Observe biscuits, &c., made of 

 slices of the Bread-fruit ; also Bread-fruit Meal. 



No. 473. Jack-fruit (Artocarpus integ7vfolia, L.). 

 Grown from time immemorial in Southern Asia. The 

 fruit attains an enormous size. Certain varieties are 

 highly esteemed as an article of food by the natives of 

 India. The name "Jack" is derived from the Sanscrit 

 name of the fruit, " Tchackka." Fruits from the East and 



