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of oil mentioned in tlie foregoing extract could 

 ^# ^t^»SeJ^ larger quantit^^ I do 



ceed from Sydney to the islands, I have my 

 donhts : indeed it lias hecn tried, and fomul -.i 

 losing speculation, — native indolence causing 

 'SSmsb delay to the vessel ; as, at one time they 

 hkyr& % ^pm^U^ ^ <M mdy, at timea tliey 

 a3^^<0tiz^olent to manufacture any. Sendiim- a 

 vessel down, therefore, to the islands, is a risk^ 

 and as such it is well known to several of tliC 

 Sydney merchants, although now and then good 

 tssix^&m hme^ Been i^tniteeS* Wi& mdnsiay, 

 however, those valuable and l>egltitiful islands 

 could produce abundance of cocoa-nut oil, sug-ar, 

 arrow-root, and other articles of e(}ual value ; 

 but, utidef the present state of things, 1 have jiot 

 very sanguine hopes* 



The names of the Cocoa-nut, and poriio/is of thr 

 trees in different countries^ where it is found 

 indigenous, 



GDCoa-nut--=-Wii— Society , Friendly, and Fidge 



Immer, (ifewBebrides grOdip.) Society Msnds 



Tumu baari, root of the cocoa-nut tree ; leaf 

 of the cocoa-palm, Niau ; stalk in the centre 



