TliE JUKGLK, 



From this picturesque little sjjot we proceeded 

 tlmmgb a jungle of lofly grassea and thiijlKgj. ^tk 

 elevated trees rising from the dense mass ; a 

 sedge grass hearing a beautiful silvery inflores- 

 cence, tlie Fkmhiijea. Melmtomn, different spe- 

 cies of Naucka, and uuniorons ferns were seen ; 

 of the lat^T, among otlijeir {^egfOH species, was 



the elevation amid the wilderness of six and 

 eight feet, and Bhchniim, Polt/jmdinm, hyco- 

 poduwij were mingled with others, adding to the 

 d^eness of the vegetatioa. ^ $m 

 and ^iffimd its fay$ mmi^ gmt imiiiSer 

 of butl^'fli^, beetles, and otlier insects passed 

 away in enjo}'merit tht-ii* sliort fleeting lives, 

 and revelled upon the sweets the flowers con- 

 talixed* A lofty species of Pandanm^ WM^^ 

 By tie Malays Sittpiiitfi,. wa® "w&j abundant 

 in moist situations J it K>se with its long foliage 

 l)ondinri- at the extremities, and as tlie tree 

 inei'L"MM.d in eknation it bore a closer resem- 

 blauee to the growth of the palm tree, and 

 attained the height of forty and fifty The 

 leives of this tree W?^ching aliout the Malay 

 hoiises, I found wen; used ))y tlu'in for a variety 

 <)f purposes, as eoveriiio-s fur their dwellings, and 

 the uiauuiaeture of coarse mats. 



