ciillcd ill Ceylon Haharoos^ aud iire one ot" the 

 subdin^m &q second in rank of the Sia- 



The riiitl ni- Jmsk of tht' cucua-nut/- is very 

 fibrous, uiid, when ripe, is the Kova or Kuir of 

 commerce. It is prepared by huiii^- stnikctl U)T 

 some mouths in water, washed, heatuii to piecus, 

 and thai laid ia the stm to dfjr* TMs being 

 e&et@d, it b upm wnK h^i^^^ ibS&M the fibres 

 are so separated as to allow of their being worked 

 np like hemp, similar to wliicli it is made up 

 in ropes of any size from tlze smallest cord to the 

 laj^eit will zii^f^ite tskr j li ^ t)(^irgh 



to^ ^loidle^ ao^ Bt>t {3d B6a| ^ ^a{^]i«!ftraiito 

 about the rigging of shipping as tliat made from 

 hemp, but surpasses the latter in liglituess and 

 elasticity, and even, it is said, dm'abilit^' ; more 

 ^if ^tfed. frequently by salt-water. its^ 

 elastidty II u &r eabl^^ ^abHng ^ 



ship to ride easier .tb^ ^th a hump or even 

 chain eahh'. 1 M'as once on boiird a shi[), in a 

 severe gale, when chain and hemp cables gave 

 way ; and we, at last, most imexpectedly rode 

 ^ f m% a sMiE colt^^bt^, Amotig 

 Polynesian i^t^Si where tins valuable tree 

 rears its elegant crests the coir is used in the 



• Funu uiiL- inch lo uvi> iuchcij in lllit•ktlc>^. 



