m 



hm^ls&tk (3i the root is used for dyeing tlie 

 ttv« of a fiiie ^^lllow colour 4 %hi$ k dotie 



by infusing- thv Ijark in water, itifejf ^srhicli the 

 clotli iiiteiKkul to \iv <lye(l is afterwards placed, 

 and being sntferod to rcniciin for some lionrs, is 

 taken out and dried in the sun. At Tahiti tJie 



iglaiids it is called Noni. The fifoit k estten at 

 some of the Polynesian Islands in seasons of 



scarcity. 



Tlie island, which is elevated, was profusely co- 

 Y^ed wifli various kinds of fruit-trees, growing 

 in vMi tttm^mj lEiitigjbd wil^h^efal pteltir 

 flowering shrubs and plants, but^retidiug about 

 in almost every direction. The pine-apple plants, 

 at tliis time in fruit, at diHerent stages of ad- 

 vancement towards jQiiaturity^ itnd ^some decked 

 with thdr dellnate blue ilow€a%. were seen some- 

 times mixed With rich vegetation, and at others 



kept cleareil. 



On tlic snmniit oi' the island, the old signal 

 post, formed from the trunk of a tree, remained, 

 but the signal ^ta€on hstd hem removed to a 

 moTe elevated and convenient site upon tlje 

 hill, called Rlackun Mattee. The view frinn 

 the summit, oi' tliis elevated island, was l>oth 

 extensive and beautiful ; the small islands 

 neap Us wase eith^ «orejped by a wilderness 

 of wood, or else tlie jnngle was cleared 



