POtlKST tfllEES, &C\ 



Kntucs nud Dmri|iUons of Woods. 



planed to 2 

 t; 1 1 long 

 And 1 inclif' 



Wben put into it frame 

 24 iurhw wide. 1 irnrfi 

 i m rrtcli aide uml 

 ft THeiftht sufijfenJfil at 

 the middle, U>e hms 

 ™ ' [hrukc under — 



t IT. I ttjift kup~ a species of | m I in. It* 

 fibre is asfd to He 6n tluuh 



llfl. Vmuit J inrtt — a tree, the outer 

 COatsnfwm,»|, ; |,., 1,, :u-t, fi'il; is easily 

 worked into |j|atils tmd ii i ui .! \c. . 



t19, Aimtfi Junta- the tamarind tree. 

 It is scarce .nid culiitaiod for Us fruit, 



120, A'. Piurujt ptuihg — hi^h lire, u^.- 

 fill for *hi\*' iriaats • very tough - t colour, 

 yellow 



ctys. laels 



C*tT 



Iks. 



IPOH-RABUT^. 



121. The first is the lou^-drcaded poison tree 

 of Java. The second is a high tree, the juice of 

 which, or even t lit- exhalations from it, cause swelling 

 in the face, eyes and IkhIv, <jf the wood-cutter, who 

 is careful, therefore, to peel the hark before' using 

 the axe. 



With tlte inspissated juke of the Ipob, the 

 Samangs, or wild tribes in the interior, poison their 

 arrows. Hut this juice, which is prepared over a 

 fire, must be used soon. after the process, or it loses 

 much of its virulence. Many arrows tipped with 

 Ipnh were ^iven to trie h\ the different tribes in 

 Perak, itutl just bc\nnd llj" hai^lish frontier. An 

 incision, some months after, was made with one in the 

 le*r of a fowl, and in that of a dog? both of whieh sus* 

 taine<l no injnn . 



These people told me that (hey dipped the point of 

 the arrow into thr jniee. just before they intended dis- 

 charging it, anil that a monkey, if wounded by the 

 "arrow, would die in a few minutes. 



1*2*2. Dammar menhth — not equal to dammar laut. 

 Its oil is mixed with kming- oil for paying 1 prahn>, 

 1*2.3. Dammar ctam — heavy wood. 

 1*2-J. Ballong A yam and Srcam — used for 

 house-build in 



