The'.leaves-,k-with l the mattde berry,; form the beautiful fcarlet- dye.
The .flower--has a -fragrant, fmell.
M attd e i'isiabout the fize of .a cherry-tree; the berries are as large
as the floe;: or-wild grape; when ripe, i of a deep brown. The bark
makes, lines, andfthread fqr feinesj;: ft alfo affords a ffpecies. of doth,
•and"very fine white malting. |
N ono, a finall tree, bears a fiju t like fou®fdpi TheiMdeiBhrksbf
the root produces a fine light yellow dye.f!
v E a w w*a . T he wild;floe tree., The bark, when youngitryklds
the fine gray doth called oraa, the moil ferviceable and' valued -ofiaU
their manufactures. The branches hai^><kwn andr-fakerrq®ffagainK
forming, a clufter, as a trunk o f enormous fize. I
E vavye, the filk cotton, grows in great abundance, about th<5
fize o f a rofe-tree; but the natives never gather the pods^ nor make
any ufe,bf it> ,
R o a , a findl Ihruh, like diemjr j :, the bade, when deaned and
drefled, anfwers the. lame purpofe, and makes, when fpun, the
flrongeft lines and cords,
Ohhe, the. bamboo, a moft.ufeful tree, grows in abundance on
the .hills, rifing to the height of fixty feet, and of confiderable
thicknefs, though not very ftrong. They, ufe them, when full
grown, for veffels to hold their oil, plain or perfumed, fait, water,
and any other: liquids'.'.. They r make good fences- for hbufes : fplit
fine, they: ferve for carving-knives > are ufed for fifhing-rods, for
hooking down the bread-fruit, for cafes, quivers for arrows, ■ flutes,
and a variety of other things. Of the finaller fort their arrows .are
made.
A eeho,.- or-reed.r; With thefe,' fences are.made;.- they ferve to lay
under the thatch and fupport it. T hey grow very thick on':the
mountains, and are fometimes fet on fire, to clear the-ground.
The o po r r .o, or red Chili pepper, like .the. tobacco, is fpread
over the ifland.
E owtay is a fhrub about the fize of a rofe-tree. It bears a red
fragrant flower, with which they deck their hair. Inwardly it is
taken as a medicine for fore eyes, a common diforder among the
children. When beat- up in popoe, or pudding, it gives a tartnefs,
to-many -‘Very âgrêfâble; j*:
F w h a r r a . The prickly palm. The leaves are fix feet long,
and four inches broad, with flharp prickles on the edges, and down
the rib in the middle. « This forms- - their thatch, the leaves lapping
over each other, and fewed on the reed with the- item of a cocoa-nut
leaf. -The fharpened rib of a hog fupplies: the-place .of our thatcher’s
needle. The feed of this tree is. formed by an aflemblage of-- nuts, of
the fhape of pinè, ;of a yellow-colour when ripe, and having a
fragrant fmell-and tafte. The bloffom, which is-of a buff colour,
arid fu ll offiritia, highly perfumed, is a chief ingredient in fcenting
fhbwêoâ^ëîlt oil* - The tree, flourilhes AàUthè moft Tandy barren fail :
thêrputfid#?éiFËlej of wood itard^bnd fiamftbs points- for their
Jâyëliflüï -the ififfidi^mft- and fppfigÿ. The idtiits rife above ground,'
and-fupport theftemlikefhores, ftahding thick round tho bottom. The
lçàvfes fumilh mattirig- for thetcanoes, and mats For their heivas > feme
b f the-latter Are-tfin br AVëlvs fathomfc I^ngT-And two fAthbins wide.
%bâi^-of the former, but without its prickles. Of
thïs târe made the finer mats, on whichtheyfleep, and; fometimes
wear5 thSïîÿin« Wet-weather,' w in .the* water. R
P i r k e p i R'fcb ds > à- fmall Ihrub, of a balfamid quality, not unlike
güm eiftus. Frbifi the bark thé ïbâtting b f the fineft texture is made
for their mâro, orfaflies. .
■ O porro v y e noohe. A fine Ihrub remarkable for its growth.
The root, in tafte, not unlike liquorice. The colour white. The
ftock fhbots i'up about' eighteen inches,Sand, then branches off into
a kind of crown : when it diesto the ftock, it is renewed by another,
fhoot yearly.
« E ay bay. A running flirub, or vine. From this they form
their balkets to catch fliell-fifli, .and others cilled pureta.. It is ufed
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