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by far preferaljlc, as a shi|> would be delayed 

 eii!tel*itig thh h^'boiir w il^ait, by waiting fon 

 a Mt^ '^ifid^ mi depasture t^^Mid 



hy a siinilar cMiise. Wc cnloriiig on one side, 

 and tnkinu' our departure from the otlier, passed 

 entirely through, having an excellent view of 

 tbe pietUT^sque scenery of this lovely and pleas- 

 s/j^ dM isoi^ from the ^fimided 

 length of our excixi^ioii, retam to Siitgapote 

 until about uoou. 



There is a plant very abundant about some 

 parts of Singapore, the Cassia alatOf which may 



^Wing Wifll gqid^ fiowers ; it is called G'ling 

 gang, or Pako, gling, glang, (Pake signifying 

 a tivc,) by tlie IVfalays, wlio state that they use 

 it in several diseases of tlie skiu by rubbing the 



leaves t^f iiie platxt cipot the i&^mi ms^&m^ 

 Mt* O^^f (civil-surgeon at this settlement,) 

 informs me that he has used it with excellent 

 effect in tliat troublesome herpetic disease called 

 '* ring-worm and his method of application 

 is liy bruising the leaves, mixing theai Witfe 1^ 

 8^ Hiji€-jui<je^ and tiieia using thma^^ift 

 ternal appUeatioii** 



* Sdind&l*^t>'ood oi] is also regavded as a iiever-fmlnig tpC" 

 i^ific ^ tlbllil very trovbles^jne eruptive Mh^*^! im 



