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^tatv, as well as using- tlieiii m tmtiy of their 

 citrrit'S, and otliir dishes. 



About some oi' till! nativu lialntatious, that 

 and elegant palm, th&JBm'mmg0mt^ <sf 

 lotireiro^ ths ^ia^22£r%£^|»>i«(a^ of ttie Parian 

 Transactions, and tin- Cleophora of Goertner, was 

 planted: it is the " Anan" of tlie Surnatrans ; 

 was called at this place -Bju" and " Doh"' by 

 i&e Javjaneae ; it is mlncMi oft ^eotint ol es> 

 eellent toddy exts^&tdl 66m it^ bitt 



mote especially for the black fibres collected 

 from the trunk, aliont tlu; bases of the j)eti(jh's of 

 the fronds ; which fibrous substance resendjles 

 somewhat in its appearance, as well as elasticity, 

 hm^^t^ and it is hiflily ^teemed for thft 

 manufacture of rope used for their seines, ves«- 

 Sels, &c. ; tbe very thick fibres, the natives sav. 

 the Moormen resident here use as pens, and t all 

 them Pure Eju it is probably the same iree 



feoia iyi4<^ dse fUm^f ealled ihh-mgro by tlie 

 S|)Fsmiai^% ikte "p&mLSoA at Manilla, and Irom 

 which they also manufacture rope. 



We continued our ramble over a fine jdain, 

 teriniuatetl iu the distance by palms : bamboos, 

 the hroad^eayed plantain^ a^ul dth^ elegant ti'ees 

 wete seen, omamantltig soma Itmdy hahitation, 

 the ro(tf just appearing above the dense foh'ago. 

 Tliis phiiii at m& season of the year covered 



