SANDAL WOOD, 



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mens both of the flower? aud trult : tliu former 

 grew in rliistor^; upon evwt spikes, with tlio corolla 

 of ii dark red, mixed with yellowish green. They 

 have a Jt^iii^iome appearance, but diffuse so foetid 



e\eeedino-ly disagreeable effluvia. Tim frttit is 

 kidney-slniped ; tin' trees Avere sixty or seventy 

 feet iu height, and from eight to teu feet in cir- 

 cumfereuce* 



A |)^!^&(^3a4ial m^od, of good qw^iitji was 

 brought off to thi^r$hip by one of the natives ; he 

 stated that large qnantities of it. conld he pro- 

 enreiK as the tree grew abundantly in tlie moun- 

 tains, lie gave it the usual Indian appellation 



In some brackish pools I eolketed Se^ml 



small living sjiecies of the Cercth'ufm ; and aljout 

 tilt" l>:inks a great nnnil)er of a small cral), re- 

 inarkal)le from one of the elaws being greatly 

 disproporti^lit t& Si!^ i£sf the 0&m pBStts oS 

 the a»Jm^^ tod etitlrf^y dalfeceiit ia ^(Amt^ 

 When 1 first beheld them, I mistook them for 

 small crabs rnnning away with the claws of 

 larger ones. They are diHicult to catch, from 



* It Avas stated to \nc tliat saixJnl wood ran he procured 

 at Achcen as weli as other parts of the north-east coast, iinil 



