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In this pan ihe process of boiling is contiDned 

 until the liquid has aitained a degree ot consist- 

 ency, when tt is removed into a pail , or bucket, 

 (where it is left to cool), by means of a rough 

 sort ofladle, made of the bark of a tree called 

 Sampang. 



In order that none of the sap may remain 

 in the leaves, the mass is well kneaded , or pressed 

 with an oval piece of wood. The fluid, being 

 somewhat congealed, is transfused into a mould, 

 the sides of which are made of pieces of wood, an 

 inch square, fastened to each other with pins, 

 and fitted to a flat plank, as a bottom. 



Here the gambler is allowed to remain until it 

 has become perfectly hard, when, the pins being 

 removed, the frame is opened, and the substance 

 cut with a kuife,sixteen inches long, with astraight 

 point, or end, into small squares, being put upon 

 a table, covered with linen, for that purpose. 

 These squartis of garabier are then placed upon 

 a sort of hurdle, made of rattans, in which they 

 are exposed to the influence of the sun for twelve 

 days, and dried over the furnace for as many 

 nights- The gambier is now fit for the market, 

 and placed in either straw or gunny bags in or- 

 der to its being sent to the campong of the Can- 

 ton Chinese at Rhio, where it is sold by weight 

 in kranjangs, (the Malay term for hamper), made 

 of the water rattan. 



When the gambier is of good qusdity, it is of a 

 yellow color, but the surface, on exposure to 

 the air, very speedily becomes dark brown. It 

 is, however, repeatedly adulterated by the ad- 

 mixture of sago, and other foreign substances, a 



