346 A MISSION TO VITI. 
The wood is of a light-brown, and highly charged with 
aromatic oil, especially in the central portion of the 
stem and branches, developed in the highest degree in 
the oldest trees and near the root. It is grated on 
the mushroom coral (Fungia) and mixed with cocoa- 
nut oil by the Fijians, as well as by all the Polynesian 
tribes who are fortunate enough to obtain possession of 
it. In China, the larger pieces were used for ornamental 
work, and the sawdust and other remnants made into 
joss-sticks, burned before idols and images. 
The bark of the Macou, as it is termed in the Bau 
dialect, “ Mou” in that of Kadavu, and ‘“‘ Maiu ” in that 
of Namosi, is a kind of Cassia bark, which may prove 
of commercial importance, and is used by the Fijians 
for scenting cocoa-nut oil. The tree yielding it—a spe- 
cies of Cinnamomum—is about thirty feet high, four to 
five inches in diameter, and is met with above an eleva- 
tion of 1500 feet, in dense virgin forests. I met it on 
Buke Levu, island of Kadavu, and on Voma peak, Viti 
Levu; and Mr. Pritchard received fine specimens from 
the island of Gau, where they had been collected by 
W. Berwick, a coloured man, residing there. The bark 
has a fine aromatic smell and flavour, a light-brown 
colour, is thicker than that of the cinnamon of com- 
merce, and resembles: some of the laurineous: barks, 
such as the Sintoc and Culilawang, brought from the 
Moluccas. In Namosi it is used as a sudorific. Unfor- 
tunately, I did not see the tree in flower, and hence am 
unable to determine whether the “buds” are equal to 
the best “Cassia buds” of commerce. The resemblance 
of the Fijian names to that of “ Massoy,” given to a fine 
