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Title: The countries of the world : being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Brown, Robert, 1842-1895
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Publisher: London New York : Cassell, Petter, Galpin & co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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of its odoriferousnuts are made necklaces, still greatly in demand on festive occasions. In addition to the 16 THK COUNTKUOS OF Till:; WuULD. indigenous vegotable products, nearly all the trees and jjlants of other warm climatesgrow well on the islands ; some of these, like the shaddock, orange, custard apple, guava,mango, tobacco, tamarind, cotton, coffee, indigo, and sugar-cane, are now perfectlynaturalised. The islanders are essentially vegetarians, and owing to the number of thenative fruits and other vegetables, and their skill in preparing them, a great variety ofdishes and even sweatmeats are in use among a people who might be expected to becontent with what would satisfy the stomach rather than pamper the palate. I nliappilvalso they have devised the art of j^reparing the highly intoxicating spirituous drink calledkava, or ava,* from the roots and stem of Piper methyisla-viii, or te—a sjieciesof pepper. The inhabitants of the Louisade, New Guinea, the Admirnlty, and Solomon
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THE FRVIT OF THE FRAGRAXT SCHEW FINE (Paiidaims odoratissimiis). Islands, &c., cliew the betel nut, the fruit of Arcca cuteclii, in fine powder mixed withlime. Hence their teeth are hideously discoloured, and their saliva is blood-red. In NewGuinea and neighbouring islands pitcher plants are found, and in the New Hebrideswild species of convolvulus, and Ihiija viridljlora, with many other plants, climb over thebushes, and aid in forming dense, almost impenetrable, thickets. The flowers of theIhhisciiH form the common garland with which the native women, in the Sandwich Islandsand Tahiti, deck their heads. The lois is, however, also made of the blossoms of theSida and other j^lants, which afford the orange, or yellow-coloured flowers, in favour furthis purpose. The mammals of the Oceanian Islands are few in number, the pig, dog, goat, horse, * Eaces of Mankind, Vol. II., p. 22. Jlr. Angas says Ihat the plant is Bracirna termxnnVis, and thatthe kava made from the jicpper roots and s

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