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GA^BIR. 



displaying in tlie interior, on IjL'iiig fractured, a 

 light-yeUofWtell ftjCOW.^^ 



Ttm. My<^ ciifis^^r&tlo^r &s m ^tia ike 

 assertions of all tlie Chinese manufacturers of 

 this extract, whose boiling-lionses were visiterl, 

 no sago was used in the preparation, althougli it 

 hm hem assarted by many writers, that tlie sago 

 h m^aitei to gxi^ ^sonsisiMce to tim. exirmi ; 

 blrt a good extract onght certainly to have snffi- 

 cient density in itself without the addition of any 

 other substance. t 



Th^flc^voar of tine extract is very pleasant, hav- 

 hi^ M drst ike 4gs&eisibh sweetish taste of the 

 li<j[UOrice-root, and afterwards a not unpleasant 

 astringent bitter flavour. The largest qnantity of 

 this extract is consumed in Java • being nsed l>y 

 the Javanese in coarse dyes, ^ y^etU as a masti- 

 catory. Tkt Ptt^ti ^mitn^t m^mt^e^ to a 



* As, on A fo'Ftaev I htS. «Oh)e dotiBt whether tlte 



lihrtib was monoecious or dioecious, I took atiotlier oppor- 

 lunity of making my examinations j the result of*M']iicb wa^ 

 that aldiough a great many of the shrubs hod male and female 

 flowers on l«p$««le trees^yet a lew had boi^ male and Ornate 

 on the same tree. 



f One Chinese proprietor of a Gambir maiuifactorj said, 

 he could mttlea half a pecul of ^ eixliaiet daily. I^skats 

 for pac'kint^ the C^amhir when rvady for sale, areiuade iiwiu 

 a common kind oi rattan, (bund iii tlie jungle* 



