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FOREST TBEES, &C. 



Rotan idling — found on plains. 

 do. koombar. 



do. d/utnnan — a very long 1 and thick cane, per- 

 haps the largest species. The gatherers of the edibh* 

 birds' nest make their ladders fur scaling- precipices 

 of 1 1 lis species. 



do, sinnee — long and delicate colour, white, it is 

 used hy the Malays for cables and rigging of p rah us. 



do. jomang — producing the "Dragon's blood/' 



do. salak — produces an edible fruit; — the ealuinus 

 atallacca. 



do. bttmban — grows about 7 or 8 feet long. 

 Is used for tying on thatch. It is a ground-rattan 

 growing strait up. 



do. pa it and hart as — with a thin fibre. 



do. saboot — is made into cables and rigging 

 for native prahus 



do. bittni or dinni, — its leave* are poisonous. 



do. oodang — red rattan. The cane of which 

 the Samangs and other tribes make their blow-pipes 

 for poisoned arrows. 



BULUH BAMBOOS. 



Buluh biitang — the large ha mboo, it is used for 

 house-building and for ladders. A section forms a water 

 pitcher. Fishing weirs are constructed of it, &e. &e. 



do. trimiang — used by the wild tribes to make 

 their blow-pipes for poisoned arrows. 



do. bitting — a large bamboo, its root is pithy. It 

 is used by the wild tribes to make bows. 



do. duri — thorny bamboo, used for high fences ; 

 it grows 00 or 70 feet high. 



do, gading — yellow bamboo. 



do. siggei — used for ladders, to scale precipices. 



do. aur minigah — smaller sort. 



do. aur g a ding. 



do. perindoo. 



