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in warm climates. The wood of it, next 

 to that of l*ec^ is the beft in India for con* 

 ftruding veflels. It may very properly be 

 compared to the Tacamaca of the Ifle of 

 France* Like that tree it yields a balm of a 

 green colour, which is excellent for curing 

 wounds* This tree^ which is large and 

 bufliy, is loaded with branches of a great 

 fize, and is remarkable for its prodigious 

 height. 



Tivarina^ The tevartna exhibits, in the 

 midft of the fore ft s» all the fymmetry of 

 art. It feems to have been cut on purpofe 

 into a pyramid confifting of feven ftories ; 

 and its bufliy branches, placed horizontally 

 around a fmooth ftraight trunk, give it an 

 appearance altogether fingulan It is^ per- 

 haps, the moft beautiful tree known for de- 

 coration* 



Hi fitch. This tree, the moft common 

 of all thofc found in the forefts near Foulc- 



pointe, 



