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v QUALITIES OF EAGLE-WOOD 209
a skilled man to distinguish between some of the
varieties.
" The names are as follow :
1. Chandan} 5. Sikat Lampam?
2. Tandok. 6. Bulu Rusa.
3. Menjulong-ulong? 7. Kemandangan.
4. Sikat. 8. Wangkang.
11 The chandan (pada tiada champur) is oily, black,
and glistening.
It sinks in water.
" The tadak very closely resembles the chandan.
" The menjulong-ulong may be distinguished from
the chandan and the tandok by its length and small
breadth. Splinters, 36 inches long,
have been found
evidently from veins, not pockets. 4
" Sikat (bertabun champur kubal dan teras), fibrous,
with slight lustre, will just
white streaks.
float in water. Black and
"Sikat lampam the same as sikat, only white
streaks more prominent.
"Bulu Rusa will float
of a yellow colour.
in water, fibrous, generally
"
Kemandangan floats in water, whitish, fibrous
fragments small.
" Wangkang floats in water, fibrous blocks whitish
in colour.
" The chandan tree differs from other gkaru-trzes in
having a maximum diameter of about i^- feet, and very
soft sap-wood.
" Gharu varies in price between 200 and 50 dollars
1 In some parts of Selangor, said to Selangor gharu " ist kang tua." The
be called " nibong" or gharu " tulang following
are the names of certain
s.Viini." other ^ar*/- trees, of which the product,
-
In Selangor called gharu "jfnjo- however, is said to be useless for
long.'" market purposes. They are 3 Here " "
lampan (?)
gharu
tutor ; gharu dtdap, gharu kundor, and
4 Yet another variety is called in gharu akar.