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name given to thiit particular tree ; and lleoiig\ 

 scented wood ;) and it sells from ^4 ^d. ^ k^f 

 treaty MJtm €ie pmi^ mmdv^ ^ ike 



qv^ty of tlie wood. The usual size of tlie wood, 

 as an article of conimoroc in China, is of a dia- 

 meter of four or six inches, and a Unigtli of three 

 or four feet ; from eight to twelve pieces of wood 

 of thai size usually \yi^%liing a peeal. A plei^ 

 of sandal-wood, of the sixe just meiitioned, 19 

 considered the most aeeejitahle ofi'ering' that a 

 person can eaj-i"y in his hand to present to the 

 idols in the temples : the large pieces are the 

 votive offering of a rich person, to hnta on par- 

 t!ciilairocea£loii$) msih for instance as at the^on)-^ 

 niencenient of the new year; small pieces aretheii 

 aliundantly sold ahont the streets, for tlie lower 

 class of people to purcliase, for burning before 



the ^*TlteOMton peop^*' ssdd^ OU^ 

 nese merchant, ''do not ham m Mutili s^d^t* 

 wood as tliose of the northern provinces, as in 

 the latter superstition reigns to a greater extent 

 than in the former." * 



In the jilmt^^ms erf fllia tree, belonging to 

 the HotLoni^bla Bast Itdh Cmtprnj, %pm the 

 Corom^del coasts^ it is not permitted to attain 

 a lai^ size, hut is cut down when of a growth 



* Tlie saiu!ul-;v ootl brought from die Bonin Islands^ 1 sm 

 iiiforined, is of a very excellent quality. 



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