fifth is n species of Muldivia, or dwarf cocoa-iiuf , 

 about the sfee of a turkey's egg, wliich being 

 mr^ is Time ^teemM M n timodbf lihaii for 

 any peculiar good rjuulity it possesses. 



Tlie elevation* tliis free attains is from sixty 

 to one limidred iectj and a diameter of one or 

 tw feet ; its cylinclrical stern^ crowned on the 

 amdiitiitwitli utimeroua wavtog, ]^ltwtty bramfcliesv 

 has a spcndid cffcc^ loi^ forms an elegant object 

 of intertropical seeneiy : it is seen on the arid, 

 sandy shores, with its roots laved l>y the surges, 

 as well as in the rich valleys, overshadowing the 

 kills 0f the native^ ; but Vfhsh. valuable tree 

 is huM gmmng vahmd, Ih^^are mienor in me 

 to tko^ on tlie sea-shore and about the dweUinga 

 of natives. The Siugalese have a saying, that 

 cocoa-nut trees do not thrive unless " you wulk 

 amongst them, and talk amongst them/*t 



* This palm is rarely, or uevevj seen growing straight ; it 

 liit» u8«aU^» when tftn^\e^fa% giwttra» WihatKifn in 



une direction or another. 



f 1k& cocoa-nut tree, uu the sea-short', is eertainly larger 

 anti more pr(^ttclilv& (hsil wi tht htetkut «f Cteyton. In the 



forniLT situation it "^^qilBntly ^rows to the height ol'ui.i, huii- 

 tlrcil t'vvt. Its fiourisluftg most iti this situation, ajid close to 

 tlii6 dwellings of the natives, is prohiibly cOrttteetcd vflth the 

 i^trcuiustaucei that Its leaves, in ii healthy stiitc. contain a 

 very large iwrtion ol" wiHrie matter. The Siugalese are w ell 

 uM'are ot'tlirs*: the wusherineu ljum tu leaves Ibr the sake ui' 



