Polynesian., 1853-10-08

yellow breadfruit II. Mai pulang. IL.
Mai nupe, fighting breadfruit l3. Mai mat,
variety Of Jack fruit, very small. One
variety of the mai mat is eaten raw, another
cooked, and the two might not inappropri-
ately have been named separately. IA. Mai
kole, large jack fruit, about fifteen inches
long. 10. Mai oushar, somewhat abundant,
found first in place called Ousha Is Le-
tamp. IL. Mai tol, black breadfruit Is.
Main pokot 49, Mai kolokot, working
breadfruit. %. Mai taka, the stone bread
fruit. 81 Mai utun. - Mai kaitiu, Of
red color like the kaitiu 23 Mai kaIimwe,
the bat-like breadfruit "a Main terip,
very small. 25. Manamwa., very large, the
largest kind. 26. Mai eaiIe 81 Mai chat,
porcupine-fish breadfruit, because so very
rough. g. Mai lupwa. % Mai likarak,
the lousy breadfruii, because il is said to
look like louise. 80. Main bole, named
from the place where it was first found 81.
Mai pong. 81 Mai kaualik, named from the
snipe-like bird of that name 33. Main
kapakap, precipice breadfraIt, grows IN the
mountains 81. Mai ii, bony breadfruit =
35. Mai tale aunipaur, very scarce, the only
place on which it grows on all the island is
at Roi in Warner i'm the Kittie tribe. SO.
Mai pen kepa, or kepar-like breadfruit, be-
cause it has some imagined resemblance to
the kepa or pandanus fruit-the hala " Of
the Sandwich Islands. 81. Main amwole,
stony breadfruit 80. Mai mot, short bread
fruit &c. Main kabinmaiai 40. Mai buk-
abut, white breadfruit Al. Mai put, short
breadfruit. A. Mai wumpeel, named from
the wumpeel tree Of that name 43. Mai
tenepap A. Mai nanakior As. Main
cheniak. as. Mai kieIl, lizard breadfruit.--
AZ. Main bonchakak 49, Mai ne maiaka:
49, Main cherijuk 50. Main chapana.-
81 Mai ais 81 Mai petiga.
am told that al! these varieties are read
lily distinguished by practised eye, and that
none of them are by any means, stages or
conditions Of the fruit of the same trees. 1
have no doubt might even increase the list
by more extended inquiry, and especially by
visiting each tribe for information, for these
seem to be certain varieties confined TO
small localities.
VANS OR KAP have learned the names
of at least five different varieties Of native
vans and have also the names of eight kinds
introduced since the discovery of the island.
OF the native yam there is 1. Kap mai, some
think it the best Of all the varieties both ma
tive and introduced 2. Oput. 3. Kap inaier:
A. Kamort 5. Kat. 6. Kap.
CocoANUTs. Though there are large
number of trees on this island, we do not
speak of cocoanut5 as abundant compara-
lively. They grow we'll almost wherever
planted, but they thrive best and yield the
greatest abundance on the neighboring low
coraline islets, and on the Ant and Pakin
groups / have the names Of nine varie-
iies 1. Nj tol; dark green skinned. 2. nj
pevot, light skinned. 3. Nj tik; small and
round. L. Nj niiog, this bears the largest
nuts s. Atol, the inside husk is considered
sweet, and edible, by the natives. 6. nj
kar.k; of which the q hanks " or ear orna-
ments are made. The shell is very small
and quite elongated, and IS worn through
the lower lobe of the ear.-most generally
worn by females. Z. Nj waita, reddish
skinned. g. Nj karat. 9. Nj ier.
Capt Hart Of the Lanbton cutter, first
landed still on the Natik or Raven islands,
for the purpose of manufacturing intoxicat-
ing liquor from the cocoanut tree sap. The
foreigners with whom it was there left brought
it to Bonabe in 1896, which was the frs,
ever landed here. That year dates the com:
mencement Of the manufacture of "d dent -
(my photography of this word may be wroDg)
on this island, the results of which have been
nothing but unmitigated evil to both foreign
ers and natives Let the pail of oblivion
fall upon that dateI-would that it could, on
all the fiightful results of that one still!
SUGAR CANE OR SHEu. There are at
least six kinds of native sugar cane on Bon
abe. Mr.. Corgat has seen 1t eighteen feet
in length. and It is sometimes four fathoms
long. Mr.. Corgat has made good syrup
from the first three varieties Of the following
list. With his rough, ill., l-adapted apparatus.
from one gallon of the sap he makes u
quarts of syrup. There is here a worm
quite destructive to the cane, which COM
mences at the root and follows the center 70
the very top, without seeming to affect either
the growth or the soupd appearance of the
cane. The cheret, bird of the parrot HIND,
also Injuries il by eating into the stem.
l. Sheu naier; of light yellow. 1t -
the best, but not the most plentiful. Mr..
Corgat informs me that this is the same With
that kind which makes the best sugar on tho
Isle of France. 3 Sheun Ia, red, good, the
largest kind 3. Sheu pot; white. 4. Shea
aIik; grows wild. 5. Sheu kala, biackish.--
g. Sheu kapet: very juicy. -,
ORANGES OR PARRsS, grow here in na-
tive varieties both large and small. but they
seem irreclaimably bitter.
TARo OR MANG AsD Arr grow wild IN
great abundance. The taro is frequently
Cooked and eaten. have eaten !: when Il
was very pala,able and good. l think It only
reou;res cultivation to make the very best OF
Poynesiun poi. The Api. receives good
deal of attention from these islanders for ifs
flowers, which are highly valued in making
wreaihs for chiefs. its large leaves which
exceed any thing ever saw on the . Isl
are the every day umbrellas Of this people
TIE TT OR TING. This plant was m DO
way used previous to the discovery OF tho