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made rt the field of his researches, only a few of 

 the most valuable species of limber are as yet 

 known. The first of ihese is the *Tarantang, 

 which thrives best^* in water or marshes, and is 

 very slender and plant ; the second is the Tarn- 

 hooaoOf which selects an opposite soil, being found 

 principally on the hills and in elevated situations, 

 where the soil is red and stony ; the fruit of both 

 these trees is eaten by the natives, and the wood 

 is said to be capable of resisting the influence 

 both of the atmosphere and water for twenty 

 years, and upwards. 



The third species is a magnificent tree called 

 the KayoQ BMum Pangat, f which is univer- 

 sally diffused throughout the Residency of Rhio, 

 but delights most in red soils, or elevated situa- 

 tions. 



The stem generally towers upriglit for np wards 

 of a hundred feet, and measures about four feet in 

 diameter. The wood is generally used for house 

 building and masts, for which latter purpose the 

 junks purchase it at Rhio, and carry it to China 

 where they dispose of it at a profit of about 100 

 per cent. The wood is, however, very difficult 

 to work up, and requires to be carefully protect* 

 ed from both the air and water, either of which 

 would speedily cause it to decay. 



The fourth species is the Binlan^or or]: Poon, 

 the five varieties of which are very plentiful 

 throughout Bin tang ; the first of these is the Bin- 

 tangor Battoo, or Red Poon; the second, the 



* CoUopyram Cvriacaum ot' Dr. Jack. {lUlsyau MiAceUaoici Vol. '2 

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