3i6 The Gardens of the Sun. [ch. xv. 



able of all the bread-fruits, so far as my own experience 

 goes, the pulp which surrounds the seeds being of a milk- 

 white colour, and very soft and juicy. The husk con- 

 sists of closely packed hispid spikes, pressed closely 

 together, and amalgamated at the base around the pulp- 

 coated seeds. In North-West Borneo this fruit is in 

 perfection dm'iag August and September, and it is par- 

 ticularly abundant around the Dusun villages near 

 Kina Balu. 



The leathery coated seeds of all these species of 

 bread-fruits are roasted and eaten by the natives in much 

 the same way as are chestnuts here at home. All the 

 species have india-rubber yielding tendencies, and their 

 inner bark is tough and useful for various purposes. 



The "jintawan," or "manoongan" fruit, of which 

 there are three kinds, is about the size of an orange, 

 and very similar in colour, each containing from eight to 

 twelve pulp-covered seeds. 



The " tampoe," or "tampui," is another very common 

 jungle fruit, of which but little appears to be known. 

 There are three varieties — "tampoe shelou,'' "tampoe 

 putih," and "tampoe baraja." The two first named 

 differ in the one having yellow pulp and the other white. 

 The last is a smaller fruit, having four internal divisions 

 instead of six, and the pulp is of a bright chestnut 

 colour. The part eaten is the pulp surrounding the 

 seeds, which is agreeably sub^acid and very refreshing, 

 the pavia-hke husks, and the seed themselves, being dis- 

 carded. The tree is fifty or sixty feet in height, with 

 dark green poplar-like leaves, and the fruits hang two or 

 three together in lax clusters, the stalks being produced 

 from the older branches. This fruit is eaten in large 

 quantities by the natives ; and the pulp mixed with rice 

 and water, and afterwards fermented, aifords them an 



