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her; o f the- batik is made ropes» nets, packing cloths, See. and
o f the rags o f thofe is fabricated the paper.
L i e u t e n a n t Charley Hamilton,, in the Afiatic Refearches,i. M a h w a h T b e e ,
p. 300. defcribes a tree-found in Babar called the Mabwah, or
Maduca, o f the Polyandria, ntonagynia kind. The fruit yields
on expreflion an oil, ufeful- as the ghee or Indian. butter; the
flower yields, by diftillation, a water», ufeful in, adding, ftrength
to the Currie, or rice food o f the Indians \ and-the timber is o f
great toughnefs, and poflibly ufed in ihip-ibuilding, and for
h,earns for houfes. It muft be of great value for the laft put*
pofe, as it relifts the ravages of the pernicious termes^ '
M r. , Alexander Dalrymple has given,, in his, firft number o f NnnnnTwo.
the Oriental Repofitory, p. 39, an account of the Nerium tindjor
rium, oz tree fydigq,, with a good plate,, communicated, by Dft
Roxburgh it is a native of fhe Rajabmundry Circar. It will bg
found a good fubfliitute for the eomtnpn. Indigo; it grows wild,
is very hardy,, and not liable to. the. apcidents, which affeit the
common Indigo plant by the. wet,, and which, often difappoint
the hopes.of the manufacturer. This grows to the height of
fifteen, feet,, and, yields a heautiful. wood,, white, as ivory
itfelf..
I. M A Y add from the fame repertory», p. 38, to.- the Cochin, B read
vok xi.. p. 146, that the bread-fruit tree, grows moft luxuriantly
in that neighborhood, andthat the Dutch call it MalRivmy,Jaffa.
It is amazing that we did not.difcover this before, and fave our*
felves the humane but difaftrous voyage of Captain Blight, in-
fearch of this fruit. I beg Dodtor Anderforis pardon if I judge
of, thinking he yots. unacquainted. with the
true.-