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granular, uniform appearance, than that of Bengal; 

 it is, perhaps also less pure." 



A gamhir manufactory is usually observed near 

 a pepper plantation, as the pepper vine does not 

 thrive in the soil of Singapore unless well manured: 

 the refuse of I lie leaves, &c. used in the liiaimraeture 

 of the extract is found excellent for the purpose "of 

 manuring the \ inus. 



The younger leaves of the shrub arc said to pro- 

 duce tlie whitest and best gambir: the older, a blown 

 and inferior sort. There are other species of nau- 

 clea indigenous to Singapore, but they do not pro* 

 duee any extract." 



Singapore Chronicle, JVov* 14, 1834, 



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Is raised in small quantities by the Malays fur 

 their own consumption. The qualify is inferior ; but 

 Persian and American tobacco seed have been dis- 

 tributed in Province Wellesley, and may prove ad- 

 vantageous to the ryots. There is nothing-, apparent- 

 ly, to prevent the culture of this plant from being 

 greatly extended. The Malays are much less ad- 

 dicted to the use, by smoking of this succedaneum 

 fir what their prophet has denied them, nine or 

 spirits, than the Chinese and JBurmans, A Chinese 

 has always his bamboo pipe at his elbow, while the 

 Ummau places his sileet or cigar— clerk-like — be- 

 hind his ear. The Malay, however, rivals Jack in 

 the elegant compound of tobacco, gambir, &c. with 

 which he ornaments the space betwixt his upper lip 

 and teeth, a custom even more disgusting than the. 

 mode in w hich it is retained for use by the formei\ 



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This plant thrives luxuriantly on the plains in the 

 >hade, and on the hills, Without shade. 



