Commottì rea v. tab. 45. Raii hiß. fi. 1496
Angolam — iv. tab. 17. - 1497
Kara Candel— v. tab. 13. - 1498
Mail Elon — v. tab. 1. •1557'
. Katon Mail Elon — v. tab. 2, - 1558
Thoka — iv. tab. 27— Teek, fee before, p. 81. - 1565
Calefiam — iv. tab. 32. - - 1597
N y a le l- - iv. tab. 16. - - 1606
Niruala — iii. tab. 42. - - - , 1644
Cratoeva Tapia, Syft. pi. fi- 4 :9-
Panitsjica Maram — iii. tab. 41. - * 1666
Syalita — iii. tab. 38. - . - - ~ 1707
Tongelion Peri maram-— - - - - 1753
Tondi Teregam — iii. tab. 60. - - 1787
Panam Pulka Nux Myriflean, Sc iv. tab. 5. - « - 1524
Tfiem-tani— iv. tab. ii. Raii biß. 1556— Rumpbia Amboinenfts^
Syft. pi. i. 92.
Dillenia Indica, Syft. pi. ii. 624.
Abundance o f coco trees, the Cocos nucífera, Calappa, and
<fenga of the Indians (not cocoa) are planted along this coaft.
Of the body of the tree the Indians make boats, the frames for
their houfes, and rafters. They thatch their houfes with the
leaves;, and,'by flitting them lengthways, make mats- and
baikets. The utility of the nut o f this tree is great, for food,
and for drink, and for the oil extracted from i t ; o f the thready
rind is made cordage, called Kaiar, and I think it is woven
into coarfe linen. From the branches exudes, on being cut, a
l iq u o r
liquor called Poddy, the Indians hang, to the part left adherent
.to the tree, an earthen pot, in which is colle&ed from a pint
to a quart a day. From this liquor, fermented, is diftilled an
excellent Arrack, and a very fiery dram called'iW, with Which
'our feamen too frequently intoxicate themfelves.
Areca Cathecu, or Pinangâ, Rumph. i. tab. iv. to vii. is, from
the univerfal cuftom o f chewing the nut with Betel, a moft
uieful tree, and greatly cultivated in every part o f India,
The Pliny of India gives feveral plates o f it, with the form
o f the nut, arid fructification, and of the cultivated and wild
kinds*. The nuts are ufually of the fize o f a hen’s egg:
they are therefore broken and prepared for chewing, wrapped
in the bitter leaf of the Betel, mixed with Cbunan, or
ihell lime, and in that form taken all over India by people
of every age, fex, and condition. Rumpbius, i. p. 32, is moft
particular about the ufe, and the great pomp and ceremony
with whichthe Indian monarchs beftow it on the embafiadors
they receive from foreign ftates. It is the compliment o f the
country to offer this at vifits, or wherefoever people meet :
it is an emblem of pëâce and friendfliip, is fuppofcd to exhilarate
the fpirits, to ftrengthen the ftomachs (but at the
expence o f the teeth), and is particularly in repute with
ladies of intrigue, as it is fuppôfed to improve the powers
of love. The Arabs call the Areca tree Faufel. Gerdrd, p.
1520, has caufed it to be engraven..
Thèse trees are not found in Coromandel or Btngal. The
nuts ate lent there iri great quantities, as'articles of commerce.1
* Betela-codi, Rheede. v. tab. 16*
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