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of the words used but it was quite different from Malay and known 

 to only a few old men. It should be noted here that no Camphor 

 trees in Pahang are being worked for either their timber or their con- 

 tents, though I must admit that several trees bore recent marks of 

 having been tapped probably by sakeis or raiders from the Johore 

 boundary. In former days Rompin was noted for its Camphor export. 



I am informed that there are men who, by the sound the tree 

 gives out when beaten with an axe, can tell whether it has isi or not. 



Oil of Camphor, known to the Malays by the name of * Minyah 

 Kapur ' is obtained by making a small cut penetrating into the wood 

 about 4 inches. There is usually no doubt about the trees which 

 contain the oil, as a curious ridge-like swelling up to 3 feet long is 

 noticeable on the trunk about 6 feet off the ground. At the foot of 

 this swelling there is a discoloured patch on the bark which looks and 

 feels oily. By tapping this place up to 5 gallons of oil is obtained. 

 No heat is apparently necessary as in the case of Minyah Kruin. 



I would estimate that I tree in every 20 has this * minyah ' and it 

 is a small portion of these ' minyah ' containing trees which also 

 contain isi. 



Bark. 



The bark is used for walls of houses and becomes so hard that 

 they say it can be planed like a plank. 



Damar. 



A sort of damar smelling very strongly of turpentine and cam- 

 phor oozes out of any cut made in the trunk. I have heard of no 

 use being made of it. 



A. Sanger-Davies, 

 Asst. Conservator of Forests. 



FURTHER NOTES ON MALAY CAMPHOR. 



The Malay Camphor tree is known as Dryobalanops Canipho?'a, 

 Colebrook. D. aromatica GsL^rtn, belonging to the resinous order of 

 Dipterocarpeae, and is found wild in the Malav Peninsula, Borneo and 

 Sumatra. It is curiously omitted from the Materials for a flora of the 

 Malay Peninsula, though it has long been known as a native of this 

 country. 



Mr. Sanger Davies has sent an interesting account of the tree 

 which we here publish, and take the opportunity of giving as full an 

 account of the plant as possible to supplement his description and 

 notes. 



