s&ldfoiw wh® mse -it in large ; quantities^ when they cannot pro-
esaktSlbei' arrack distilled from f t - Arrack in ©eÿfen is splely
madfe- from Mddyr and •whole "wood» ôf the - etmda^free are employe
®. fo#Uhe purpose of procuring it. ‘A barm or ÿbsiskafises
-from this proee^reqwal to that whiefr'ln proeurèd frohv bW$Bâà$t
liquor employed in the preparation of whisky. ‘T h e to d d ^ is
likewise. made^halo ldneg^> %Ad- ^ IM s a i!èpeeîeÈ< '@f>''étfeirse blacîs:
sugar known by the name of jaggery:
. «Nature seen*»- t o delight in making- th e eokpaW(3ree >!^sefVe as
many useful purposes as possible. At the foot o f the tree, arid
kkéwïse'&möhg the fofanches at-the fop, -• grows
of a very light and porous "sflbstanee, which is '-manÀfàcflfred
into: à very hoarse eteth ealled grimjakken ;o f <gurm ^ cloth. f t
is used ;for bags to hold riet;, and also for coverings- to ^the
cinnamon bales« Thè grinjakken is aW 'made in to 1'! tcdar^fe
species of pbper.
Thë^htiBty. of th e cocoa-tree does not end:tfiere^J Whën^tm
down, the trunk furnishes posts to support, and'thè branches TSP*
tê ts ’to roof, the bmgaloes o r-buts of ih e i ‘VWll^ÈI
leaves ate employed to cover them, and rep'el'%efrl ^ ^ ^ ^
of the sun and the storm. Various :oïlièr purposes ' k ^ 4 |i v & ,
by the Wood t # ü é f valuable tree. * Besides m d n y ! ^ li e s lf ( ^ ^ ,
it h# much employed-âso in- the ^Construction !àtfd
with if - the Mosula boats of Madras are 'built. " InB§ c I^ p a ifts
bf India tins wood is applied-to' the- cobstsructóon' o r
vessels. I h ave'been assured that the king': Of The Maldl^e
islands sent his ambassadors to the Dutch govemöÉ. at Columbo,
in à small- ship’ which, was entirely built andwijgged froid’ 5ttie
cocoa-tree, while those employed in fitting it out Were- fed
upon the liuts.
I t is surprising to see with what dexterity' the n a tté s “Wlmb
those high, straight, and slegjj^p They have many ways
of i tfacilitatisaSg theirra,Sce®l(| , Sometimes' tfbey'rtfo; jpfeces. o f .the;
lohg leaf, .tw i s t e d * ^ ® l i k e 'ip p p s iof hfay, arffrnd the body
of1 ihelntrSe, leaving.’’ tyfo i fepf Aetwejen
' ea&trpiefce;! a n d n tlf ls ^ fo l'in .in g f c ]^ |k y ^ i'‘^ s o | k g l a d d e r .
« Frequehtfy^hfey efrfrfeatt®' fhe-free’ dwCthkf^pi5# |e ^ i| andj, t^en/tfo
bo'dfs to'gfe'th^|iiy ■ ‘aWope passed ;rottn<f at the same
tlfoel’Ml^,-daspf!lhef tfee .with tfeeir -hands,,,,and ’ thus ascend^
P lteA td y fofr^a&ieijf -ancj^ -and tithefr, arms. -Having
gamdd thfe to]S tfofeir lagjfew T ddbd^^rityprevenits
them from havingfhto^Yeh^JthdT'foii'.V 'By^meaus of th e adjoin-
ii^b ran ch es’; and (some ropes- fastened a t different places, for*, th e
purpose,' /contrive to “'pass from, o n e -ltr^ jto another. I
haveisCe#ltheifr in’ -this; manner collect the f toddy from, a whole
gWve■%£ oote'a-frSsfes: without once -descending; and their ffrats
h f -'aglfilyi?ofi^ these occasions equalled adyfthiug I have/Js^bp?' th e
teiosf dexterous • ©f our sailors; perform among the rigging ,pf a
shipr and was "scarcely outdone even by the monkeys, the native^
inhabitants of'« thesb-grcs^ssJ
‘ 4 The tsrefes from whi-chuthe toddy »is extracted,, being deprived
of "so'- friUch o f9 their, juice, produce fruit of a- very inferior
quality;' and much sooher.fall inta'peqa^, ^
When we cansider ''the innumerable comforts which this^tree-
affords'jitos tlM nadves:^’^af’ India, not-,to« -be. wondered that
the/r ’hokl -it in the > highest esteem>v and .reekjpn;, it ,a aiaost fiq -
porffflUlpart of thbir weafitlu When, a-ch#dojs.bnrpfi#,|^pijsr ■
tomary f » them to pfcrit a fcospa-tree in memorial - of' .the
happr eveiilsit‘ and the fiogs/j/whisDh foie lefp?.around fl|^ tru n k
by^its anhual vegetotionv' serve ’to; Tup»k; tlfifti .myia|hnr. „pe>-
earring birtb-days.^