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Btntangor Agar Agar; the third tlie Bititangor 

 Katona; the fourtii, the Bintangor Kawang; 

 and the fifth, the Bintangor Boonga, or White 

 Poon, The whole of these species are used as 

 masts for vessels, for which purpose the outride 

 cuts of the tree are generally preferred, as their 

 superior flexibility enables them to resist the 

 force of the wind for a longer period. 



Although the former are in the greatest request 

 for ship, and house, build iog, there are several 

 others that are very well adapted for this purpose, 

 as the Kruhtg, or oil tree from which the wood 

 oil is principally extracted; the Kjatciing; the 

 Rangas, or anacardmm cncardium, or manga fkk* 

 ieria st/hesiris. Bat. Transactions, vol 5 ; Ka^a 

 Sarga, R. the Tampinls; the Kkdang ; the 

 Krartjie; the Marawang : the Mirbm^ofMHro^ 

 sifieros Amboinejish, R, ; the Genaya ; the Da^ 

 wedaroQ\ the Rtsa ; the Seraqu ; the Bdiam ; 

 the Galai ; the Ama; the Ahdang ; the Goaimt ; 

 the Cftamp0dak, or J'd.ck ; the A riat a rpus integri- 

 folia, Lin &c. &c. * 



The different uses of these are as folio wsj Wood 

 oil is extracted from the Kruing tree by a very 

 simple process : an incision,, of about three or 

 four inches deep and as many wide, is made in 

 the tree at the height of about eight or ten feet 

 from the ground, and a vessel suspended immedi- 

 ately beneath it in order to catch the sap, as it 

 exudes from the wound. As, however, this rise* 

 too slowly to satisfy tiie desires of the people 

 employed in its collection, they generally call in 



• I baT* been woable td asc^rtmle the sdMitific names or* the greater 

 preprn-tioD of thc^e tree*; and, from nai lutvtjtg seen tbem, am liixabk to 

 Va.t requbUe iaiomaliou. 



