S8 ESSAY ON THE; 



the Cdphoor-Baroos of the Malays^ and the other Is the Cdphoon- 

 Tdhooree^. according to Mr. Howison's Vocabulary of that languag(j, 

 Camphire is denominated Haima-hdhicaniy or snow-dust, in Sanserif, 

 Agaru^ or Aguru, is generally understood of a sort of sweet scented^ 

 wood, called by us Agallochum^, from, the Sanscrit derivative form 

 Agarucam, According to Mr. Marsden, it is called Garoo in Sumatra; 

 and in the spoken dialedls of India it is denominated A'gur, The 

 word Agaru, or Aguruy signifies in general any thing with a fragrant 

 smell ; and is equally used to signify amber and Agallochum, the true 

 (S'a;^^^:; zY name of which is F^ja^j, according to lexicons. Carpurdguru 

 is amber; and Chandandguruis the Agallochum. Chandana is the sandal- 

 wood, called also Malay nj a ; because it grows in Malay a ^ where the breeze, 

 according to the Hindus, imparts its fragrance to the whole vegetable 

 kingdom; and poets in //zJ/^ often mention the Malay an.f as we do the 

 Sa'be&n, breezes., 



Garpuka'guru is amber, called Hitdbhra^ and Gdmedaca sometimes by 

 merchants ; but mere generally Cdpur and Cdhnhai Gdmtd;,, Gdmcdaci 

 and Gdmdyajn SiTB synonymous: and Delaval, in his account of the 

 Maldivia Islands, says that ambergris is called Gotner/t by the inhabi- 

 tants; for Gome dam, i suppose. There are three sorts of it, S'wetdgiiru, 

 Ldhaguru or Suvarna^ and Cdldguru or Crishid guru. The first or 

 Y'^\\ite Aguru or A'gur is considered as an inferior, sort, though some 

 seem to understand, ambergris by it - 



' Loha'guru, Idhdgur or suvarn a, is considered as a fossil, (dhdtu :) it is 

 called Idhdguru from idha, iron ; because they suppose, that its colour is 

 occasioned by the presence of that metal ; and suvarna, from its golden 

 colour. We find it called in lexicons chapura and amban but these words^ 



