wo 



86V€nif plantations uf tlie pepper- vine upon the 



At Bbia, 9» wdi asr it ^Gmtfsat Tmmihii^m 

 generally, tlie whole of the leaves, (and sonie- 

 times even the stalks,) without any regard to 

 their selection, are used. It appears, also, that 

 wliea the qualic, or cauldron, is new, the extract 

 prqmTed in it heema^ very ds^k, and is «oH 

 only as a second ijuaUty at Rliio, aud is almost 

 unsaleable in tlie Java market : after the caul- 

 dron, lioMcvcr, has been in use for one or two 

 years, the extract manufactured in it becomes of 

 a mtii^lt Ijightef M eacaldi«&& ^ 



made prmi^p^f of baik, 11 mtittbeicojEm colour-- 



ing matter in it that is bestowed upon'the extract ; 

 from this circtunstance the old cauldron^i are held 

 more in estimation than the new. It appears that 

 tibe wMte made «t Bhio, by the women ia 

 their own iwms^j, fe n<^^ t^pate ^xtiiie com- 

 laer^l fent is preferred by a few for its refined 

 appearance : it is yn'cpared and broiig'ht into a 

 white state, by the extract being re-dissolved, 

 and passed through several itiaahiugs, untH the 

 sediment hm heeome of a white i^^mae, wheii It 

 if t^en out, fonned into cakes, and dried in the 

 sun. It is rarely used in eoni|>arison with the 

 other kiudsi of the (iambir extract. 



As we lefl the plantations, and entered the 



