able of all the bread-fruits, so far as my own experience
goes, the pulp which surrounds the seeds being of a milk-
white colour, and very soft and juicy. The husk consists
of closely packed hispid spikes, pressed closely
together, and amalgamated at the base around the pulp-
coated seeds. In North-West Borneo this fruit is in
perfection during August and September, and it is particularly
abundant around the Dusun villages near
Kma Balu.
iv T^e leathery coated seeds of all these species of
read-fruits are roasted and eaten by the natives in much
the same way as are chestnuts here at home. All the
species have india-rubber yielding tendencies, and their
inner bark is tough and useful for various purposes.
The “ jmtawan,” or “ manoongan” fruit, of which
there are three kinds, is about the size' of an orange,
and very similar in colour, each containing from eight to
twelve pulp-covered seeds.
The “ tampoe,” or “ tampui,” is another very common
jungle fruit, of which but little appears to be known.
ere are three varieties—“ tampoe shelou,” “ tampoe
putih/’ and “ tampoe baraja.” The two first named
difter m the one having yellow pulp and the other white,
lh e last is a smaller fruit, having four internal divisions
instead of six, and the pulp is of a bright chestnut
colour. The part eaten is the pulp surrounding the
seeds, which is agreeably sub-acid and very refreshing,
the pavia-like husks, and the seed themselves, being discarded.
The tree is fifty or sixty feet in height, with
dark green poplar-like leaves, and the fruits hang two or
three together in lax clusters, the stalks being produced
from the older branches. This fruit is eaten in large
quantities by the natives; and the pulp mixed with rice
and water, and afterwards fermented, affords them an
intoxicating drink but little inferior to the “ toddy”
prepared from the cocoanut palm.
A fruit closely resembling the common “ bilimbing”
is found in the Lawas district, and is called “ tampui
bilimbing” by the natives. It is of a bright scarlet
colour; and according to the native account it has
large entire leaves, the fruits being borne on short few-
flowered peduncles, which proceed from the main
branches of the tree. The white pulp which surrounds
the solitary seed is acidulous and pleasant.
Another jungle fruit, called “ mandaroit ” by the
Kadyans, resembles a small “ rambutan,” but the
leathery husk is quite smooth. It may possibly be
produced by a species of niphelium, and is very
sweet and agreeable when perfectly ripe, the fruits
being kidney-shaped, and but little larger than a blackbird’s
egg.
“ Bambeneer,” a still smaller, pale yellowish-green
fruit, also has sweet flesh around a stone; but in this
case the husk is mango-like, having a thin and tender
skin, which may be eaten with the pulp.
The fruit known to the natives as “ mamhangan ” is as
large as an ostrich’s egg, having a rough, brown skin,
and when ripe the yellow flesh which surrounds a mangolike
stone is rather agreeable as a juicy sub-acid accompaniment
to a dish of plain boiled rice.
The “ luing ” is another edible fruit, but rarely seen
even in its native woods. It is yellow, with brown markings,
and rarely exceeds a pigeon’s egg in size. After
the thick, leathery husk is removed, one finds a delicate
white sub-acid pulp surrounding a small stone. It is
rather viscid, with a slight flavour of turpentine. The
albumen of the seed is similar to that of a nutmeg.
After the durian, one of the most esteemed of native