to adopt the most approved method of manufacturing 

 the ariicle. 



The Chinese allow one pieul of dry in<Ji*ro as the 

 average quant in obtained from twent) picnls of wet. 

 ttut how much of the former consists of lime and 

 other i ni polities must depend oa the will of the 

 maker. The Malays mix it in the proportion of 

 nearly onc-hali' the weight of the liquid indigo. The 

 weed is steeped in mud wells lined with chunam, anil 

 a larne tub is, perhaps, attached to the gardeu. T4*<? 

 fermentation is guessed at: at the end of the secon<l 

 or third t%, process is conj ph te. The whole 

 apparatus does not cost above 8 or 10 dollars, on the 

 above number of orlongs, provided the crops can be 

 cut in different months. 



The liquid indigo has occasionally been imported 

 from Siam to Penaqg, in earthen jars. 



XI LAM. 



This plant does not appear to Ifave attracted the 

 attention of botanists. From the name, it might, 

 possibly, be confounded uifh .Y/7ri or Indigo. It is, 

 however, quite distinct from the tatter, and is useless 

 as a dye. The plant resembles a small, rough-leaved 

 L'/f Tallin in, and seldom rises above two feet high. 

 It is propagated by ' cuttings, as it bears no seed. 

 The cuttings are planted in good forest laud, two or 

 three feet apart, in dry ami sheltered situations, but it 

 thrives well enough exposed to the sun. The plants 

 tire stripped of their leaves three times in a year, ami 

 the shrub will sometimes last to the end of the third 

 year. The leaves are merely dried in the sun ami 

 loos'. I\ packed for safe — the\ have an agreeable am- 

 malic smell. Arab trailers take, occasionally, conside- 

 rable quantities of nilam, ami lately, it has found its 

 way to Calcutta in smaller quantities. The leaves 

 are considered by the Arabs as a luxury, ou accjunt 



