350 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR! 



ftraiglit, and the wood white, its ftp, a! 

 firft white and milky, becomes, when ex- 

 fofed to the air, as red as blood* The fruit 

 is a kind of nutmeg. The AUlegacfaes 

 afcribe to this nut the fame virtues as we 

 afcribe to the real nutmeg* 



R&ral/k This is a wild nutmeg-tree^ 

 krger and much more beautiful than the 

 ma!ao*mangbiL It furnifhes a nutmeg from 

 which the Malegaches extract a yerjr aro- 

 matic oil. This oil, with which they rub 

 their bodies and hair, is efficacious in cur- 

 ing and diilipating cold humours. Taken 

 internally it ftrengthens the ftomach* 



B^icb 'i-bachi, The bachi-bachi referables 

 tlie rarabe ; but its leaves and fruit are a 

 litde different. It grows in elevated places. 

 Its fruit, as well as the coTcring which con- 

 tains them, is aromatic. 



Rbara-horac is a real wild nutmeg-tree^ 

 the trunk of which is large, and the branches 



bufhy. 



