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gum which yields an odour like that of incense. 
Liturha is dragon’s-blood. Barencoco is another spe¬ 
cies of dragon’s-blood. Pane is a gum, or yellow 
resin, extremely fragrant, from a tree called Fane. 
Vahonlitintong is the juice of the tree Vintang, or 
Aloe. Haronga is a yellow gum which exudes from a 
tree, the flowers of which yield the sweetest matter for 
honey. Gum lac and ambergris are also found here, 
and the gum-elastic (Gummiphora Madagascarimsis) 
which is drawn by incision from the tree Finguiera. 
This possesses all the properties of the Caout-chouc 
of Cayenne. Spirit of wine has no effect on it, but 
it may be dissolved in ether or linseed-oil: the natives 
make torches of it, and it requires no wick. 
A gum, similar to gum-arabic, is taken from a 
tree called the Ombave. 
A resin of the substance of ambergris, is exuded 
from a tree called Tongoo-hintchi. 
Civet is plentiful, and is taken from the civet-cat: 
musk is also taken from the crocodile ; and the 
natives call it Tartave. 
The metals found at Madagascar are gold, silver, 
copper, steel, and iron. Of gold there are three sorts; 
first, the country gold, called Malacassa : this is of a 
different nature to that made use of in Europe, being 
pale, and as soft as lead : an ounce of it is reckoned at 
about forty-five shillings of our money. There are 
mines of it in Anossy and other parts of the island : 
it is of three kinds;—the finest, called Liteharonga ; 
