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like cummin-seed, but stronger; the bark resembles 
that of elder, and is stronger than the wood in smell: 
the natives grind the bark w ith water on a stone, and 
use it in fevers, and in curing every kind of wounds. 
Encafatrahe is a tree whose wood is green next 
the heart, and veiny : it is similar in smell to the Lig¬ 
num Rhodium, and when ground and applied to the 
stomach, is good against the heart-burn and faintings. 
Mera is a tree w 7 hose wood is yellow in the middle, 
without smell, and as hard as box : its leaves are like 
those of an olive. 
Vintang is a tree whose wood is never worm-eaten, 
and is used by the natives for canoes : it produces a 
gum or resin, particularly useful in wounds. 
The w'ood of the Azonouts is fit to make combs of. 
Tambouhitzi is a tree whose w ? ood is of an orange 
colour in the middle, but of no use in dying. 
Eatra (Terminalia Fatre), is a species of benjamin, 
as is also Tanranjou; the latter bears buds on the 
fruit. 
Sandraha is a straight and tall tree; the wood is 
blacker than ebony, without knots or fibres, and may 
be polished and smoothed like horn: it grows near 
Ranoufoutchi, and w ill seldom cut to more than seven 
inches diameter. 
The Cocambeis another black wood, more crooked 
than the latter; some of them have trunks and 
branches very large, but they have few leaves or 
flowers: the wood when burnt yields a most agree¬ 
able smell. 
