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is thrown over it. and if greasy particles are detached from 
the dough and floaty the warm water is repeated several 
times^ until the butter is completely separated, and rises to 
the surface^ The butter is collected with a wooden spoon, 
and placed in a calabash. It is then boiled on a strong fire, 
being well skimmed to remove any pulp that might remain 
with it. When sufficiently boiled,, it is poured into a calabash 
with a little water at the bottom to make it turn out easily. 
Thus prepared it is wrapped in the leaves of the tree, and 
will keep two years without spoiling. The butter is of an 
ash-grey colour and as hard as tallow. It is an article of 
trade with the negroes, who use it botk for food and for 
anointing their bodies. They also employ it to burn for 
light ; and they told me that it was an excellent ointment 
for pains and sores. The fruit of the ce is much larger 
in Baleya and Amana than in Time. The seed of this 
tree, which is so valuable to the people of these countries, 
could not be transported to Europe for sowing, unless- 
packed in small earthen vessels, otherwise it loses its 
germinative power, which does not last long. I have al- 
ready mentioned that there is at Time a fruit called ta- 
man^ which also produces an unctuous substance very good 
for eating and more firm than the ce. It might be ad- 
vantageously employed in Europe for burning. The grease 
or fat, called by the natives tammi-toulou, is extracted by the 
same process as that employed with the ce. The tree, which 
produces the taman grows on the banks of rivulets, and is 
very common in the south. These two trees are so abundant 
at Cani and Teute, that the inhabitants of those places, I was 
told, though possessing plenty of cows, never eat any butter 
except that produced by the trees. Palm-oil is also met with 
here, though not in great quantity. The kernel of the taman 
is of the size of a horse-chesnut, somewhat elongated, of a 
beautiful pink colour, deepening a little towards the outside. 
It is exceedingly hard 5 and the women, after setting it on the 
