Li I mens : it is called Haari by the Taliitaas» 

 Polgaha by the Singalese. The ifiari^iti^ jrf tbe 

 momrismi are i(mijn[fe3?0ti& Tahiti^ (m^ of tJie 

 Society Lslaiids.) I aui acquaiotcd with six, each 

 ha\ inj>' a distinct apprllatioii ]iy the natives. At 

 (Jeylou, five varieties are iudigeuous ; but are 

 seldom, if ever, found in ^k^^ same plantatioDi 

 except itr be iii tbe viciiiitf of a Budlioko temple 

 of some inijiortance. The first, or King ©ocoa- 

 mit ninv be well known to those who have re- 

 sided in Ceylon ; its bright orange colonr, and 

 somewhat oval shape, csainot fail to attract jvch 

 tice, and ^ mis^f pmm^ U ttwpmisihU 

 EtxtQf&Was, by the Modeliars, or by the priegts, 

 as a coini)linient to those whose eurinsity may 

 have inilnced a visit to the shrine of Budhoo. 

 This variety is the Tembili of the Singalese, and 

 tliey l^m ti it i^toB stife-^neties* Tbe s^cdiid 



i^^t a similar I'olonr to the precedino-, bnt of a 

 nutn* splicrical shape. The tliird is of a pale 

 3'ello\v, and ratber beart-shajtcd : it is tlic 

 waai, or edible husk, and bus the peculiar t|uality, 



ihU aftei* tlie eijld^mk im tmm^e^, the 

 inner riud turns % pate i!«d* is edible. 

 Tlie fourth is the common cocoa-nnt, whicli is 

 in general use, and tlie one most knovMi. TJie 



gues^ coco, or coquin, the three holes at the end of the cocqa- 

 vvtt ^11, giving it some resemblance to a moijjtev s head- 



