MKDICINAh LSES. 



little strills aholit the ^uljiivlis ol" ( 'aiitnii, with tlie 

 o\]ivv additional artiilt s used in the |ir('|iariitioii ; 

 it is alfio uBcd as a niurdaut for course dyes. 



Tim AtekM-m^ brought from CoeJiiia China are 



This may, lioweve.r, arise from ])rejudice in 

 favour of the ])i*odiictioii of a country <o nearly 

 allied to them, to that iutrodncc d l>y foreigners. 

 In tlie c^^Eit^ provinces of Hoo, kwang, and Kang, 



tui^ed with the green food of hoi'ses as a preven- 

 tive against a diarrlnra, to wliieh that kinil of food 

 sometimes subjects them, it was likewise men- 

 tioned to me hj a Chinese, that it is xised Ife & 

 doxxs^stic medidne in tli:# north of Gihi^f stn^Sl 

 pieces being hoiled ; the decoctioji is administered 

 in various visceral affections, 



A cargo of this article generates so much 

 heat as to raise the thermometer in the hold 

 forty degrees above thitt m desdc j «nd from 

 this circumstancSj aaCMJ li^ quantity of steam 

 generated, tlie crew are prevented from sleeping 

 "between decks. 



The Areka-nnt is commonly known hy the 

 very prevailing Malay name of FhlM^f or 

 Pmm^t but IB the Acheenese language it is 

 called Pim^ aiid the tree Ba, pettu ; Ba, signi- 

 fying ti-eCj 18 usually prefixed to the specific 



