XIV 



THE COCO-NUT 



its hundred and more uses, it naturally has a large 

 place in the languages of the people of the sea. 



From Polynesia it reached New Guinea and Malaya, 

 but not Australia. There are quasi-historic accounts of 

 its introduction into Ceylon. Its more recent intro- 

 duction to practically all tropical coasts has been, for 

 commercial purposes, important indeed to the various 

 lands but offering nothing of general interest. 



