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ll'avcil |i1;ilit;iill, tlie iii:i]ii2;n. nraiiLi'r. lini^j tltlU 

 occastnimllv. liiit rurcly. tlic fiiMMd-fruif tn-os. 

 (A. iMfcf/riJ'diid, ) nniiiiiU'Htcd tlic narden. Tli.it 

 most clcgaut rs well as largest of the graiiii- 

 nmm plants, tlte MtiibOd, Triang" of the tia- 

 iivr-,'i wap abundant, as feiH-cs almut many of t]i<' 

 dwt'lliiiti's, f as well ;is tlie K/'j/fhri/ta eorolloden- 

 'Iron., or Mangkudu of the nativ es ; lite Jalropha 

 curcaSj or " Banawa" of the natives,*) and in 



dSstfcct clumpa^; Kp^ l^eid ti»3f4 nf #pme 



of the natives,) vnth its pods, containing small, 

 hilt lieantifnl crimson seeds, luiiig iu festoons 

 from the hnshes in tlie jungle, and a Dhsma^ 

 «0lled tin grupuitm by the atoi* 



nihot) was also seen ; and althongh I was in- 

 formed the root was prepared and eaten, the 

 shrub did not seem to be extensively planted. 

 The Carambola-trces {Averrlwa carmnhola) w€ape 

 niimmns, and mlled Basl^ang. A ^^niij^ <)f 

 the fruit was observed laid upon a i^isad h;ind>nn 

 platfcnm, sjiread out to dry in the sun, and the 

 natives appeared foml of eating them in a raw 



♦ The ArcUecnesc name for tliis tree, was BdmiwUf or 

 tree liad the same appellation given to it. 



