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of the words used but it was quite different from Malay and known 
to only a few old men. It should be noted here that no Camphor 
trees in Pahang are being worked for either their timber or their con- 
tents, though I must admit that several trees bore recent marks of 
having been tapped probably by sakeis or raiders from the Johore 
boundary. In former days Rompin was noted for its Camphor export. 
I am informed that there are men who, by the sound the tiee 
gives out when beaten with an axe, can tell whether it has isi or not. 
Oil of Camphor, known to the Malays by the name of Minyah 
Kapur’ is obtained by making a small cut penetrating into the wood 
about 4 inches. There is usually no doubt about the trees which 
contain the oil, as a curious ridge-like swelling up to 3 feet long is 
noticeable on the trunk about 6 feet off the ground. At the foot of 
this swelling there is a discoloured patch on the bark which looks and 
feels oily. By tapping this place up to 5 gallons of oil is obtained. 
No heat is apparently necessary as in the case of Minyah Kruin. 
I would estimate that I tree in every 20 has this ‘ minyah ’ and it 
is a small portion of these ‘minyah’ containing trees which also 
contain isi. 
Bark. 
The bark is used for walls of houses and becomes so hard that 
they say it can be planed like a plank. 
Damar. 
A sort of damar smelling very strongly of turpentine and cam- 
phor oozes out of any cut made in the trunk. I have heard of no 
use being made of it. 
A. Sanger- Da vies, 
Asst. Conservator of Forests. 
FURTHER NOTES ON MALAY CAMPHOR. 
The Malay Camphor tree is known as Dryohalanops Camphora , 
Colebrook. D. aromatic a Gaertn, belonging to the resinous order of 
Dipterocarpeae, and is found wild in the Malav Peninsula, Borneo and 
Sumatra. It is curiously omitted from the Materials for a flora of the 
Malay Peninsula, though it has long been known as a native of this 
country. 
Mr. Sanger Davies has sent an interesting account of the tree 
which we here publish, and take the opportunity of giving as full an 
account of the plant as possible to supplement his description and 
