Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-06-24
GUTTA PERCHA.

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Inc newly appIICn substance KNOW" o''n " =! 'i
name Oh ""''" erc''' mas oec.' ''ioHt tI
CT OF "PPi'c"l'"nS 'or ict'iS l'e . l',' ~ -
P''eni, nav i,' psen s,it, AMI sn,n inf1r,na
'"' ''"'7 49, 80 ls''.'t -, 49,. h., 100.
uoh cUii'erhits ms ou' '0' ~ may '
uc ~, al WIS pe.lou ~ cI inflammation, r,,,
ihe tono" W -, d '
wv, r a n ~ - Lam, Rot No nj T.n'y
,u.. 10 ' ~
loI,' p: o"'l ,..n,, ,rbiob tbor,,b orl,
inns - rts-'"Oie go f. ,.,.rs Is a>,..n
h"oH" " ~" ~, e. ,.ar;oIre ,,Irnosas ~ n sinh
>teIy eseu II" .'e h,,, IL LaS ,b, vsI,abl, nm
e''l.e 70 ;tbont bsincr vucanizrd But
perry ., uifsot, ils ,,iod ord const;t,,ti,, an
MniIe mus !. et ~ yi,tucS ,b, ,,I,nt which Hrn
al'cie -, "mt nv iuckv accident du
@ ~, ~ idmc nf Mr. Tbos Iobb in SINGAPORE
TIE .i'I H. ~ ~ Iod in otLer MALAY Islands en-
% ne ne "I ho,,il mision he Mr. Veitch Il Fx
- d,oc,J his ont and SENT bon,. numerous
oo; ~ ,hich roye il to h.. new s,nnIarrous
IPn, Of uhich 6gnre and dissertation will shortly
f.. :; ~ Torn.oI ,,dar a. . ,ar,,. of R.ss;.is
I"' ~ nnmnrrns viii rird sprcinrns
tIonnh rtmy i, u,;tbont c,roIlssN Mr. Johb
J;c9nsI,, snnt sr,oI sections or tb. wood which is
yoIiiarIy sof 6Lr"ns and sn,,,,. nall. colnrrd and
t.j h., l,.,,,I;,,aI u,ia,,,,,c,l - we r,-.ry,;r.
sm, - !, 7 u c; ~ ~ r,. Ill. i;n.s
''i.I -. ~ = 4i - H. NIIntr1,,r;, was
,h .I.o Who fEs, brom~t The Gutta Prrcha into
hi >o,;cn H.. writes Tins in tb,. Napazinc of
So, ISL I ,,o,, not claim the actuol discovery
~ 80, pL 80 ,h,,rL [,,i,. ,,nLnn,rn IN Eur6.
a' f, ;,'h ,b;tants NJ certain narts Of the Ma
ayam Eor,.t. y,.r,. acouointcd with H. MANY, how
! of ,h;r r.;rbLors residing in the adjacent na-
II - l.. = -, L.,.rJ 5r l.. ,,I H.. ,S, IN
w. :. 'I; n 60, -. ,,d;,,p for I couIl only
' ,I = o occasirI,a Il,. cn,nlor,d IN maxi.
- Gov ,,r,,,,rs For ,,,ood chonn.rs, instead of
H1 o. hd 20 >Soiong ,ro AZ 500 when was
49, ~ a' -, S;a,r7,7 ,r,s t9Id of (;,tt,
,,i :; 80, -; III, ii,o,,cbouc. aud SOM, very
~ 80 boLt There are three
;p;os az III .hstnc E,tta Cjrek GuHa In
barn and G,,tto PERRIN. NAV here mention that
.h -. aor,, :; oftnn error:ou.I,- nronouncrd in
Ee iat,S' n'a omodad h., ~ iavams like
- L,,rs ~ 1,,r ,,orJ per,b 10 fish y And attcn.
- ., ti'; ,oit i of s6r,e in,nort.nce. for If our
conntrvmop Urrc IN as, The natives for Gutta Pfrcd
49, Ill ,nnh, III, h. ,,Id th.t such = Substance
.ne! Tutu S;iy int oF cam, pS,cJ r,irht
W. n'ra h.. nroainrnc;r,, +Ln word CORRECTLY
Tha name !. mr., hIaIavan. Cutta rncopinq the rum
go "a, ;ii;o,. Of ,L. I,Ia3t and perc6g fnrono,,.
- Ds,sk IL nr,idd,I,r ,r,e fr,,, - bicb il i oh
.eu '',1 t"a ~ hoT ,ha, the itsrlr
l. ;, =; S,ota "a n"rb99rs d,r;ra lie nam.
So. tLno, .L NIoIo,an nar,a for Sr,notr, bainr
d. po.cGn. b., ,hnmgb ,b, Straits of Naiacc, are
-. - -, 80, 80 IL q, r,,r,l, If Sirrr,,or,, I
oL not fd int ~, snbs,ance Ia: evrr bSr, heard
- IL o ~ S,,n,o,r, P,, ., rstrr, n tho n .riod
h Grst o,;caJ ,ho ,,orarr bardI, that was made
of G,,ta PercLa nv curiosity heinz excited bv the
o,it,. Of rho ro3tar;aI onr:,ion,j the v-orl;r1,n
Nj! noodsr'an in ,pLo!a ossssion saw il and
baj tho, tho atcriaI of Which il was formed could
h ,'iId 49,, a,. o,bor f,r,,, nv, di,nn,y - into
Loo ,oc IN l. Ln.os hard ,LrG,gh =, I.n Il b,.
o ,Ia.,c ., c,. r,oainI,, ~, b,, cnl i,s ORIGINAL
It,rss aI r;,J!,. m NIorrg1,n.ri. oo.s on Ia
s,, ,hat b ,nr9hasd the ,r,nr handle and scnt flr
,?r Of ~. fnbs,ancc and tb,t On i,s,itunrr ev.ri
nnont he asc.rtain.d that G,,tta Perch, was IN
49, ost r,r ling those of
i;aI ;strrI,s nhicb Lad hj,Lrrfo hen i,-r,,,d
of aom,cbonc th Iot,er bo,inc ths inc,nvcnrrcc nj
brng easily Injured he damn and not weather in the
tronics Tbn NIodicai Rod nj CaIrnrta birbI, an
ndpd Of ~ No suns,ia a,J n, SCci,tS, 81 A.
Wv,
ifiInoss ,roron.od Dr NJ o+.bat ,oriod from, visit
; th forests -, hro tb, ,r - IT, how, cy.r
asSo.,o;rJ s., ,ha aat;,as H. ~, d r,I, :. or
nun ''le 'Li'' i"g - o"r
f,rfa, 10, ts wood IL Of NO 1, ,hor Ir, ,lat
aooncrs,e and oSiI. %" i,s.J ~, Ih. ,i,oS ,y,b
tbo;r food ;s ob,a;ncd fro,, Tho f-: Tn mini, ,,rt
r ~ ;SIa,d oc Sirr "a l.; ,h $50, e IT,
boa =, 3D. ,,,,,.,77,,. 81 Ut. ,,i,I ~.
tree is fonnd: II was also said 10 rvy at Con- on The
south eastern coast of Bornco and Dr. Montg9mcric
addressed his INQUIRIES to the LIBERATED Mr. Brooke
resident at Sarawak and was assured bv that zen
tleman that il inbabts commonly the woods there
also and is called Niato by the people, who are not
however acquainted with the propcrties of the SAP
Mr.. Brooke saws the tree is often six feet in diane
Ter at Sarawaf and is believed TO be plentiful all
over Borneo and probablv AT The, Thousand island,
that cluster 10 the south Of the straits Of Snganorc
lis frequency is proved BIZ the circumstance thai ry
era hundred tons of fhe I1,ti, percl have b.,u an
uually exportcd from Siuoapor since -l2 when I'm,
substance first into notice. There Is reason.
however, 10 fear that the supply must shortly de-
crease, and the price be raised, from the wa,tciu
mode in which the natives collect H. often sacrificing
noble tree, OF probably from nifty TO one hundred
years growth, for the sake Of twenty thirty pounds
of gum, which is the largest quantity any one trunk
affords. The juice might, in all likelihood b.
obtained from the PerchG, from other trees, BY
tapping and thus procuring smaller portion for sew
eral successive years; but this process is slow for
the Malayans and is also less likely to be adopted
because the forests common property. The pro-
pie fell the tree, strip of its bark, and collect It's null
pantain leaf when being cxuyscd to the air II soon
coaoulates
N nIoa.,o,u;,. .,,.-.. $1,000 L. L. ;
>. ~ :s4 '"75S,e "I5 ' ~ ~ 't'''.''
olateIy obvious uses 10 "hlch bHttH I>HcHH = d-