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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH 
CHAPTER 
III. 
' June 19 . 
June 20. 
Appearance 
of the coun- 
ty. 
Cadu Nimbay, or Cadimbay. 
A small tree, that produces very hard timber fit for bolts, and small 
beams. 
Narzmdly, Cordia monoica, Roxb. 
Ropes are made of its bark. The fruit is esculent, but tasteless. 
Carnbi , Gardenia . 
Hay Carnbi, Gardenia latifolia , Roxb. 
These two trees are useless. 
Mara Harulu, Jatropha curcas. 
Its seed is collected for lamp oil. The dried stems answer excel- 
lently for match, as they burn slowly, and without flame. 
Gheru , Anacardium semecarpus. 
The fruit used in medicine, and for marking linen. The timber is 
useless. 
Mudali , Ochna squarrosa . 
A beautiful but useless tree. 
Nelli , Phyllanthus emblica. 
The timber is bad, yet the poor use it for beams and rafters. The 
fruit is pickled. 
Cacay, Cassia \ fistula. 
Used in religious ceremonies. 
Chillu , Strychnos potatorum Koenigii. 
The timber useless. The use of the fruit, in cleaning water, is 
known to the natives. 
It must be observed, that the account I have given of the qua- 
lities of the timber trees is derived from the natives. I have had 
no opportunity yet of ascertaining their nature by experiments : 
but I have procured specimens of most of them ; and from these 
specimens their real qualities may be hereafter determined. For 
this purpose, they have been transmitted to the Honourable Court 
of Directors, in whose Museum they have been deposited. 
20th June, — In the morning I went to Taroeri-caray, by a road 
passing the whole way through woods. I saw only one small village, 
