Malay Peninsula.) ORIENTAL COMMERCE. 



feathers, washing the dirt off, and laying tbem in the dew at night ; but if 

 left for the sun to shine on, they grow yellower, and spoil. 



Foot. — These are very dirty and dark-coloured, having many feathers 

 in them ; this sort should be rejected, as it is not saleable at China. 



On the Island of Java alone about 20 peculs are annually procured, 

 and sent to China ; they are sometimes brought in small quantities to 

 Europe as presents. 



Black-wood Is procured in various parts of India and the Eastern 

 islands, but the best is from the Mauritius. It is in logs of various sizes, 

 sometimes 12 inches in diameter ; but those trees which are about 6 inches, 

 and long and straight, are preferred. It should be chosen free from cracks, 

 not worm-eaten or decayed, having the bark and white wood carefully 

 cleaned oft'. There is a wood called milk-wood, (Antafara, Madag.) some- 

 what resembling it on the outside, which is sometimes imported instead of 

 it. It is striped black and white, and of little use; whereas black-wood is 

 in regular demand. 



Cajeputa Oil, (Cajuputu, Malay.) or Kyaputty Oil. The tree which 

 furnishes this oil is the Melaleuca Leucadertdrotiy found in the Moluccas, 

 and other islands in the Eastern seas. It is a medicine in great estimation 

 amongst the Malays, and is obtained by distilling the leaves. The best is 

 procured at the Island of Bouro ; it is generally of a greenish colour, but 

 sometimes nearly white and clear, very limpid, lighter than water, of a 

 strong volatile smell, resembling eamphire and cardamums mixed, and a 

 strong pungent taste, like that of the latter. It is said that if a drop of 

 genuine cajeput oil be rubbed on the temples, it will occasion a pungent pain 

 in the eyes, with a discharge of tears. That which is dark-coloured, and 

 not perfectly soluble in spirits of wine, should be rejected. 



Cam phi be, (Cafiir, Hind. Curfwra, San.). Native Camphire, or 

 Camphire Baroos, (from the place of its growth,) is a solid unctuous 

 concrete, obtained from a tree found on the N. part of the Island of Sumatra. 

 It grows without cultivation in the woods lying near the sea-coast, and is 

 frequently found upwards of 15 feet in circumference, and high in pro- 

 portion. The genus of the tree is imperfectly known ; it is called by 

 Gaerluer, Pyvohalanops. For carpenters' work the wood is much esteemed, 

 being easy to work, light, durable, not liable to be injured by insects, 

 nnd retaining a pleasant and agreeable smell. 



The eamphire is found in the state in which we see it, in natural 

 fissures of the wood, but does not exhibit any external appearance by 

 \vhich its existence can be previously ascertained ; and the persons whose 



