VOYAGE- TO MADACASCAK. 



Antafara. The antafara ia known in 

 the Ifle of France under the name of milk- 

 wood. Its flowers have the fame fraeU and 

 fhape as thofe of jafmine. If a flight inci- 

 fioQ be made in the trunk of this tree, it 

 yields, in great abundancej a milky juice 

 which is of a very cauftic nature, 



AJy. This tree, which is a beautiful 

 kind of palm, rifes to the height of tea /eet, 

 Its trunk is marked with the imprelEon 

 of its leaves, which are continually falling 

 in fuccefTion, Its top is crowned with three 

 or four rows of leaves, four or five feet in 

 length, and an inch and a half in breadth. 

 Thefe leaves refemble thofe of the lily: 

 they are as thick as one's hand, and form a 

 beautiful umbrella* 



'Tafoumouna, The wood of this Jxee, 

 which is large and bufliy, is vvhite, and its 

 bark fmooth. Its fruit is a real acorn, like 

 that of the oak. The kernel has a tafte 



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