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bong butut, or pillars, ami n lien split, is used for the 

 open sort of flooring * ami high walls of the houses of 

 the bulk of the ryots. It forms excellent mid durable 

 light rafters, eveu under a filed roof. The pirates have 

 large bin idles of stitji, or lances, formed of this wood 

 which they throw before coming' to close quarters. 

 As the fibre is apt to detach itself in sharp spikes, 

 a common wound from such a weapon is dangerous. 

 The sbfath i»f its fruil, which is a little smaller' than 

 that oftheareca, is extensively manufactured into those 

 light, water-buckets named thuba, which arc in uni- 

 versal use. The deeply-planted fishing-stakes are 

 chiefly formed of nibong. 



MOONGKWANG - 



Is a low, prickly palmite, cultivated by the ryots 

 ns a fence for their lands. The branches spread 

 along the ground or at about a foot above it. Its 

 prickly or serrated leaf is about six feet Ion£. It js 

 dried, cut Up, and formed into mats and grain bags. 



One bundled bushes rent for a dollar yearly, but 

 they harbour rats ; so that it is doubtful if more is not 

 lost by the destruction they occasion to the paddy, 

 than is gained in rent. 



Pt'DAK 



( Panda a us odorathshntis.) is the fragrant Panda- 

 nits. Its fruit much resembles a pine-apple, but is 

 larger. It is a straggling palmite, seldom rising 

 above fifteen feet in height. The flowers are gold 

 at one pice each, but the fragrance is too overpow- 

 ering lor Europeans. The women cut it into shreds 

 and fold them m their hair. 



PAN DA X. 



The Pan danus. A low. pahnite-looking shrub. 



MOONGKWANG LAYER, OR HUT AN. 

 This palmite-like shrub grows in the jungles. Its 

 leaf is often fifteen feet long and slightly serrated. 



