COCOA-NUT THEE. 



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action being described iu a miuyte aud equally 



Among the ^ptMesr l»mglxt off to tihe shlijs^i^r 

 l>arter at the Island of Tongatabn, were sniall ca- 

 hil>a^lH'S, (fVnit of MelodhufS ^mndciiii,) filled with 

 cocoa-nut oil perfumed by tlte saudal-wood, or 

 variQus sw^et-scettted €owers, indigenous to the 

 Msitid^ WitK this oil b0tl]td^ mial^^^ Ernies 



anoint tjj^ «|ipt^ pikft* of iJif IWf Very pro- 



iiiselv, giving a softness and g'lossines?; to tlicir 

 dark-brown skins, and prevunting the fervid rays 

 <j>f the sun from having any ejS^t upon them, 

 i^{)o5ed as their naked bodies are to Its in- 

 fluence. 



The Papuas of Xew Guinea ** in general 

 wctu' a thin stuil' that comes from the cocoa-nut 

 tree^ and resemble^ a coaxse kind of eloth, tied 

 fo^rnksd xotmd lSm ta|ddi% mi up behind be- 

 tween the 



The outer coars** fibres of the husk of the 

 cocoa -nut, is made into a kind of rope, called 

 Talie, api, or fire-rope, by the Javanese : it re- 

 t^im tlie fire fbr % long time^ and h tmS, 

 Bataviia. for li^^iwg dgars. 



Tlie sinnetj made from the inner fibre of the 

 hu^k of the cocoa-nut, can l)e prociired in abun- 



^ Sicwiirt s South iie&^ 1829, 1830, p. 177. 



I Foi TcNl's Voyage tu Nfew Giunca, 4to. 1760^ p, 96. 



