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fomewhat aromatic, and fmells like turpen- 

 tine, 



Hounits, The wood of the hounhs ts of 

 a beautiful yellow coJour. The bark is 

 red, and when an incifion is made in it, a 

 juice red as coral sfTues from it. By 

 the help of a common lye the Malegaches 

 extra<Si; a fme red dye from the bark of th« 

 root. The houniis is large and beautiful. 



Zavin-raven, This tree nfes to a mode- 

 rate fize, and is not bufhy. The tnmk is 

 full of knots J the bark is grey, and the 

 wood white* It grows in raarfliy places. 



Lingo. The lingo is a woody creeping 

 twig, whi<;h afcendsto the fummits of the 

 higheft trees. This twig is only two inches 

 in diameter. Its wood is yellow,, as well 

 as the interior part of the bark. 



The Malegaches employ the root and 

 bark of the lingo to dye thread red and yel- 

 low, 



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