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stale: lh& (utChts ubuuiid wiili wM 

 boars, de*^rsj wild fowlu, and rotbucks. 

 WiJd bea^i^, of aU kindg, the Lian and 

 Hjena exgcepted, have ivcti eaati 

 f)tfi€r a general render cous in this 

 country: 



Besides Titi^ whkh is tbe greatest 

 resource of the country, and which is 

 found almost everywhere, the piht- 

 eipal exportation conBlstsj in wax, 

 Ben 20111 p Resins, Birda negts* Betel* 

 nuts^ Rattans, Canes, Buffaloes Hides 

 and Homd, Ivory, Gold duet^ Sago, 

 Arrowroot, Tapioca, Sapanwood, and 

 dlvet-s skins of anSruaJg. There 

 IS a kind of gum which, for some 

 years past, has beooivie the object of 

 A considerable trade. It is the juice 

 of a liijfh tree, which f^rows slowly and 

 m found in thm country, in the island of 

 Sumatra, and in fiomG other part of 

 the Eastern A rehl pel ago. This gum 

 is called Giitia Percha* ft will become 

 scarce and consequently dear, because 

 it is used in Europe and elsewhere for 

 several purposes ; and the Msilays, to 

 extract tt more easily and abundantly, 

 cut down the tree iuKtead of tappiDg 

 it ; which would have the same result 

 without alto^ethar destroying the tree. 

 BuE the Malay, selfish and improvi- 

 dent for his posterity^ prefers to dcB' 

 troy iti one day a tree of many yeare 

 growth^ lest another may, during his 

 absence, come and draw some gum 

 from Ihc same source. The Mnlavan 



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