2£4 ACCOUNT OF CELEBES , AMBOYNA, &C.

Wawani, or Brimftone-hill. The hills likewife to the north of Soeli begin, as it is faid,to yield fulphur.

A tough reddifh clay is found in fome parts, of which bricks are made, which areas good as thofe madfe in Holland.

Salutary plants and medicinal herbs are not wanting here, with which, I was told,many diforders and infirmities are cured. Amongft others the boati # is faid tohave a lingular antifebrile efficacy. Then there is the cajeput-tree f, from the leavesof which the hot and ftrong oil, called cajeput-oil, is diftilled. The fafiafras-tree J,the bark of which yields the coftly Coelilawang §, and its roots the faffafras-oil. Notto fay any thing of the clove and nutmeg-trees, for which this ifland and the Uliaflers.are famous.

The wood which is called Amboyna.wood, or properly Lingoa wood ||, is moftlyproduced in Ceram ; as is the Salmoni-wood * *, which is yet more beautful, but is toofcarce to be ufed for building, the timber for which is moftly brought from Java,though the Jati-wood f f is likewife propagated here with tolerable fuccefs; but a fuf-

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* The Boa-ati, which fignifies heart-fruit-tree, becaufe its fruit is in the fhape of a heart, is called by theTernatefe Soolamoo, denoting a panacea, or univerfal medicine, being held as a fovereign remedy in al-moft all diforders by the Indians; its fruit is fo extremely bitter that it is generally called the king of bit-ternefs. Valentyn fays, that, infufed in brandy, or other fpirits, it is good for colic, pleurify, and otherdiforders; and that when ufed for an ague, four or five of the kernels are taken : it is alfo tiled with fuc-cefs as an antidote againft poifon, afting, in the firll inftance, as a ftrong emetic: Thuuberg fays, it isufed pounded, in the colic, both by the Malays and the Javanefe Tr.

•)- Malaleuca leucadendra. Valentyn defcribes four different forts of cajeput, or properly cajoe-poeteh-trees, fignifying white-wood-trees ; it is from the little cajoe-poeteh-tree that the oil in quettion is dif-tilled : Dr. Thunberg calls it a famous and excellent oil; when taken internally it is a great ludorific. andfive or fix drops is the largeft dofe that is given ; externally applied, it is excellent in all cafes of ltiffnefsor palfy. Tr.

| Laurus faflafras, but a different fpecles from the faffafras-tree of America . Tr.

§ Coelit-lawang is the Amboynefe name of the tree, and fignifies clove-bark, and the Englilh likewifecall the bark by the fame appellation of clove-bark ; it is of a greyilh call, and when upon the tree isfmooth, but when dried it becomes rough and Ihrivelled; it is red within, and that taken from thebottom of the tree has a ftrong clove fmell and tafte, but higher up it is not fo ftrong, and is moreaftringent; it is dried in the fun, and mull be kept in an airy place ; it is much more elleemed than theMaffoy-bark, though its flavour and fmell fooner decay. The very excellent and penetrating oil extradtedfrom this bark is almoft as fine as oil of cloves, and poffeffes the fame qualities: the Dutch Companyreferved to themfdves the extradlion of coelit-lawang oil, and prohibited individuals from diltilling it,upon a penalty of five hundred rix-dollars. Tr.

|J Of the Lingoa-wood Valentyn defcribes three forts, the red, the white, and the fton$-hard lingoa.The red lingoa is a h gh and (tately tree, with a thick trunk, fmooth fappy branches, and long leavesof a bright green colour Many limbs of the root appear above ground, and thefe afford the moll beauti-ful pieces of timber. The wood of the tree is whitilh immediately under the bark, but grows red towardsthe centre, and is of fo deep a tint, that it has by fome been taken for red fandal wood, though it ismuch coarfer grained ; it has a pleafant fpicy fmell, and is fometimes made up into fmall articles; but,together with the white lingoa, it is more generally ufed for rafters, and beams in houfes, and for allkinds of carpentering. The white lingoa has a larger and longer leaf, the wood is of a much paler hue,and of a more open and coarfer texture. The third fort, or Hone lingoa, has a fmaller and rounder leaf,and is a much harder and clofer grained wood than either of the others; it is feldom met with but in thehigh mountains of Ceram ; it is a very heavy wood, and finks like a ftone in water. The lingoa-woodis fufceptible of the higheft polilh, and its beautiful appearance, when manufadlured, is defcribed byValentyn in the moft glowing colours. Tr.

* * The Salmoni, or Salemoeli-tree, as Valentyn calls it, affords a mofl beautiful wood ; it refembleswalnut-tree-wood in colour, but is veined and variegated in a much handfomer manner ; the planks obtainedfrom it are feldom more than one foot and a half in breadth, though fometimes fome are got of two, andtwo and a half feet broad, and four feet long. It is alfo called baftard-ebony. Tr.

•j-f The jati, or teak-tree, as it is called in the weftern parts of India , has its firft name from a Javanefeword, fignifying durable. It is the pride of the eaftern woods, and one of the higheft and largeft trees

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