Hints to Travellers, Scientific And General 2

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Hints to Travellers, Scientific And General 2
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Are there any trees or other plants suitable for drugs or chemicals — bark, leaves, juices, roots ? What medicines, narcotics, or stimulants are used by the natives ? how are they obtained and how prepared ?
Are there any species of useful plants growing wild — coffee, sugar, cotton, vanilla, spices, etc. ? Any trees producing gums that might be of commercial value, like gum arabic, gutta-percha, or caoutchouc? Or any whose fruits yield oil, like the cocoa-nut and the olive? Do the 142 HINTS TO
... TRAVELLERS.
natives make use of these juices ? What are the processes of extractidrl and preparation ?
Other Vegetation. — When there is an undergrowth, its character should be noticed, and the diseases, if any, to which trees are subject.
Note what other vegetation exists besides that of trees. Are there any plants like the turnip, the potato, the batata, which are useful as foods, or for other purposes ? Specimens of any herbs likely to be useful should be obtained, especially if they are used by the natives for medicine, for dyeing, for poison, or other useful purposes.


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