1^1 ^ A-TAP, on LEAP OFTH}! NtPJl PALM. 



Tlie fifap tree resembles ilie arecfi ptihw : the flown^rs anil 

 fruit grow in large bunches, htingiug dovvn like willow 

 branchea. The leaves ore similar to ihom of the cocoa-nut, 

 but broatleri and can be used for tbntchitig houses, to which 

 jjurpse ihey art extensipely applied. On open in one of 

 the frtiii, we find it to contatu a seed, wliicli boiled dawn wiih 

 sugar conslitutfti a confeclionarj', jnncb eBteerned at the 

 lea- 1 able. 



The aran palm bear? some resemblance to the cncoa-nut : 

 the h(?[irL of it is like a plfintain, and the flowers hang down 

 if you cuttlieae, and attach a bnvnboo veaat:!', thtf next morn- 

 ing yoir wiilv find it full of juice; thk boiled down becomes 

 HUgar, which is commonly called Javanese eugar. 



^ BOO-KOO, (prFAi! nT-Rr.) 

 The duku tree resemble* the ^ loquat, and the 

 efiape of ilie iruit ia lik« a pltim, and about the same si^e; 

 the akin ia yellow^ and the taste sweet, it grows in bunches 

 lite the grape, and is truly a fine fruit. There is nti- 

 oth*r kind called lansch (f? ^ Lang^saf), growing ofl a 

 Bimilar tree • the colour of ibis Inner fruit h red and the size 

 imallerj but the taste is exceedingly sour, so that a stranger 

 cannot bear it iti hi? mouih. TJie price, howeverj is mo- 

 derate ; and the naiivee are very fond of ii, 



SOME ACCOUNT OF MANILLA, OR LDZON B 3^ 



@iS$f Wl IKG-CAV-HEEN- 



Manilla or Luzon ( @[ ^ Leu-song^ i« a dejjcndant stale of 

 Spain or Castik |^ ^ Kan-se-lap), Spain is situaied 

 on tfie nortb-wesi corner of the ocean; we know nofliiiie of 

 the origin of thisj country, or when it was fir:sl eeublished ; 

 bni it |>rod4{ct?s much g'old and silver, with other precious 

 things ; and is on a par with Holland, France, and Euajland. 



