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PAPER. IT'S'
out, that this island may, intimey be able »supply shipping to an increasing
commerce of its own, ahd perhaps, aid the- dockyards .of other states.
Among the1 articles, the making, of which may be. interesting, to Euroc Paper,
peans, from the difference of the materials used or thepxocess employed, is
thait of" p&per.. The paper in. common ‘AS© with the Javans is prepared from
the 'gi&Sa (morus papyrifera} which is cdlti-vated for this purpose, and generally
calleaShej^Z|i^fflpg-,r pi* pjiper tree^>1({Baymg arrived at the age of two
or three yeaJrs^ the* young treeteare cut wJtdi-'the bark easily peels, off and the
fragments are’ portioned' about twelve or eighteen* inchesrin lengthy according
to the intended'-sihe of the paper. These fragments are first immersed in
water ahbtt^twenty-four hours,’in order that the epidermes may be separated*?
this being effected, the, fibrous- tjs£u'e*pf the inner bark is rendered soft and
tractable hytsoaking Tfi tya-ter, and hyUongtafid repeated1 beating with a piece
of wood. ..Staring-the .intervals of this process,''the- fragments of the bark
are piled'in heaps in-*wqtjtlefi troughs, and'-the affusiOnyipfi fresh water is
repeated tM^ijli impurities1 are carried*'off. 1 The- separate- portions', which are
th fe| inches broad, are* then attached to- each other on a plane
surface, generally' formed!by the' trunk of a plantain-tr00? ahd themifiph of
the' fibres.is finally effected by continued*' hearing. bThe quality of -the paper
depends upon care- employed ’in- the preparation* and1 on. the frequent
affusion offresh water.' By applying-''sufeeesrivdfeyers'io; thte‘spotswhich are
bare from tlM dbfect ©f -the^fibresy and bashing thym. till they unite,- an uniform
thicknessdst attained The paper which.1 ris- intended far writing is. moment
tarily imimjrse’dr Mi a d'Ccoeriort bfi^rice,1 and rendered smooth and equal,
bybeihg*mbbed "to a'* polish on a plane1 surface. ‘Such-paper asg^ntended
fin? common' domestic purposes, for packing- igpbds,,*doesi-not require
this operation : "in this the fibrous- contexture1 of lfhe bark is quite obvious*
ife' much- resembles a species tof paper brought from; Japan,- andrmanufac-
tured' from, the same- tree$, and was ^formerly* -employed- instead* of'cloth
by the' poorer inhabitants,; The-’process tiif manufacturing it is strikingly
that ia use among the inhabitants o f the* SbhfehJ.S^a island^ fqr'the prepara-
rioa ’ofi'thgir clotht, ' The culture of this plant/hs-welbas lbembnufact.fire.of
paper, is chiefly confined* tb- particular districts, where; it forms the-principal
occupation 4fithe priests? - who gain a livelihood Shy it» '-!(l
Large quantities of a coarse and'diomely sugar, distinguished'by the" name JavanSu®us.
of Javan* ksugar, are prepared from- tHe noeon-nuty’- and< other palms.
The average quantity o f ' liquor ■ extracted- from one^of these trees during a
day