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oldust and best is of a brownish red culoiir :* 

 tlic different varieties rftlie wood depend, there- 

 fyj^f Olt tile dge t)f th^ tnsBt of three 



kinds, w'liih', y«Ho\v, md of wliicli the 

 yellow uiid rrd (IVom containing; tlio largest 

 qnantily of oil ) are most esteenu^d in \]\v Cliine^^e 

 market, where the wood is principally used, the 

 express^ Dil bdng mked witli pssi^^;, jem j 

 bunied Imfo^e tli^ iMs in the temples, as I 

 have before mentioned. 



IiKHp,'enons to the Sandwich Islands is a spe- 

 cies of Myopomni, (^M. tenuifdllumi) the heart 

 of vfhkh is fx^gxmt ; and, imi Im^vlng hmiSi 

 mi^hm ^^dltt-WQod, hat reculved the name 

 of spurions sandaI-\\ ood from Europeans, and is 

 called Xailio, or is"ailii(t, by the natives. The 

 lieart contains a quantity of essential oil; hut 

 the fragrance is not so agreeable as that derived 

 from i3ie ^d&t^iv^od, md hi t^t t^mm it ts 



not esteemed in tijc Chinese market ; the heart 

 is also surrounded by a lighter wood, termed 

 the sap, as in the sandal-wood tree. An in- 

 stance of tile resemblance this bears to the 



sandil-'Wod, so ^ 1» d<3^eJve a cotam^ ob- 

 aerver, oocurred during my visit to the island of 



* Tlip wood is frequently buried, and tlie 3ap allowfcd toi 

 rot Qff i md tilts is considered to iinpme its quftftty. 



