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The  Kapor  batu  yields  says  Mr.  CRADDOCK  the  following  pro- 
ducts. 
“ Minyak  an  oil  which  is  obtained  in  the  same  way  as  other  wood 
oils,  i.e.  by  cutting  with  a chizel  a hole  in  the  trunk  sloping  down- 
wards and  flat  or  excavate  at  the  base  and  lighting  a fire  inside. 
‘^This  oil  is  mixed  with  Getah  Sampang  (a  product  I have  not 
yet  come  across)  the  mixture  boiled  and  used  for  varnishing  Kris- 
scabbards. 
Getah  obtained  from  wounds  and  incisions  in  the  inner  bark 
and  sap-wood.  This  dries  hard  and  can  be  crushed  with  the  fin- 
gers into  a white  powder  something  after  the  fashion  of  rosin. 
This  powder  is  used  as  an  application  for  wounds. 
Isi  Kapor,  this  is  the  true  Camphor  and  is  obtained  as  a crys- 
talline deposit  in  longitudinal  crevices  in  the  heart  of  the  tree.  All 
trees  do  not  have  it  and  there  is  great  waste  occasioned  by  felling 
large  trees  on  the  chance  of  their  containing  it.  I saw  two  large 
trees  felled  outright  and  several  badly  hacked  to  the  centre  to  see 
if  they  had  the  Isi.  The  headman  of  Sungei  Karang  buys  up  all 
the  Isi  at  25  dollars  a catty.  In  Tringanu  the  Camphor  collectors 
get  40  dollars  for  the  same  product.’’ 
The  Camphor  oil,  (Minyak)  is  valued  by  the  Malays  as  a rheu- 
matism Medicine.  Specimens  of  it  were  sent  home  from  the  Cam- 
.phor  forests  in  Selangor  in  1898  and  Mr.  J.  C.  Umney  reported 
on  it,  he  said  “ the  oil  consists  in  all  probability  of  the  more  vola- 
tile portions  only  almost  solely  of  Terpenes  so  far  as  I know  it 
would  have  no  medicinal  virtue  nor  any  commercial  value  over  or- 
dinary turpentine  oil.  It  differs  very  largely  from  Camphor  oil 
(from  Cinnamomum  Camphora)  imported  into  this  country  contain- 
ing large  quantities  of  Saffrd. 
Specific  gravity  at  ...  I5°c.  = .856 
Optical  rotation  in  a tube  of  loo  mm  -f-  29° 
It  completely  distils  between  156°  and  160'^c. 
This  sample  was  a distilled  one  from  the  wood,  probably  the 
heavier  and  less  volatile  oils  were  left  behind  in  the  still.  It  might 
be  as  well  to  have  the  oil  reinvestigated,  the  minyak  being  taken 
in  the  usual  Malay  way. 
“ Papan  Kapor,  at  Cherating  a certain  amount  of  timber  is  sawn 
into  planks  which  are  brought  by  men  from  Kelantan  and  Tring- 
ganu  for  coffins,  its  price  being  less  than  that  of  Chengie.” 
The  Getah  Kapor  seems  to  represent  the  Damar  of  other  Dip- 
terccarpeae.  The  specimen  sent  is  in  pipe  form,  very  light  yellow 
powdering  white,  and  of  a very  strong  Camphor  odour,  but  some- 
what turpentiney. 
The  Isi  Kapor,  is  crystalline  and  white  and  the  sample  sent 
number  Dua”  has  a somewhat  foxy  smell. 
H.  N.  RIDLEY. 
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