212 FOREST TBEES, &C. 



are first mixed with stsame oil and the d*tOm sctwpoe 

 Jeaf, & applied to the cloth; the mauifkudu afterwards. 



J twain;— n rattan which \ ields a small round 

 frnit in laryr clusters. Tlie down} substance which 

 adhero to Ihe fruit and which is of a dark -red I <>l"in 

 is shaken or scraped off, and then becomes what in 

 trade is called "Dragon's MoW/ 1 The districts near 

 the Krean river used to tfive a considerable quantity. 

 There are two kinds, the marsh and the hili Jirnaui:; 

 the latter is preferred. The dragon's blood sells on 

 the spot for 30 Spanish dollars the piciil. 



Buah \mUujtt— rardamnms. T his valuable fprest 

 product has not yet been. found growing in perfection 

 Ik'Iow the Tenasserim Provinces. Bui there is an 

 inferior species collected in the woods beyond the Ho- 

 norable Company's frontier, which the Chinese mono- 

 polize and obtain;— it is said they fret 70 dollars ihe 

 picul for it. Some plants imported from Tavoy have 

 thriven well, but have not p»ue to *ecd. There is 

 every probability, therefore, tii at if good seed could 

 be obtained and cultivated as in Malabar, and of 

 which Mr. Baber has piv* n an account in his exami- 

 nation l*efore Ihe Committee of 1be House of Cond- 

 itions, the result mi^ht be favorable. 



VEGETABLES. 

 The native vegetables may be had in great perfec- 

 tion in the bazar. Besides these, the Chinese culti- 

 vate cabbages, which tlicy raise from shoots, celery, 

 which lias hardly any stalk, and tolerable lettuce. 

 The nolkol has been raised on the flag-staff -hill, and 

 peas and carrots are occasionally, when seed can be 

 (fed, raised both there and in Province Wei lesley with 

 some success. Potatoes have not succeeded, as yet, 

 nor is it probable they will, owing to there- being no 

 t old season of sufficient duration. There are many 

 varices of sweet potatoes, one of which, theoobi tora, 

 \s hich is rather scarce, is a good substitute. There are 



