SCENTS AND PERFUMES. 343 
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 (Fagrea Berteriana, 
A. Gray), and the fruit of the Makita (Parinariwm 
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, 
