Show PERFUME FROM ALOE TREE Resinous Aromatic Juice That Is t Great Value The aloe wood tree Is a native d the mountains east and southeast d Sylhet in Burmah and In Bengal t is valuable on account of a dark rest nous aromatic juice with which Jh wood is sometimes gorged Th resin or agar as it Is colloquial termed Is used for its perfume aid supposed medicinal properties It l very costly and is used both for in conso In religious and other sere monlals and also in the preparation of a perfume called agar attar which II I practically as costly as attar of roses The most Interesting feature In call nectlon with tho aloe wood tree Is 1M uncertainty as to whether tiny Pst tlcular tree will bo found to cental the precious resin A tribe of bIn men known to the natives as apt kumlnbs mnko It their business W search for the resinous wood The trade Is a secret which they alwayl endeavor to preserve from nil nath or other tribes A party of agar kUDt labs goes off Into tho mountains with provisions for as long as three months and they prosecute their ted OilS search in districts where probably n human being Is not seen from ore month to another Trees have to ho chopped down and hacked to pieces before it can be at certalncd whether they contain ant of the resinous deposit and sometimes some-times after a wearisome scares through half a dozen trees young aua old not a single piece of agar is discovered dis-covered Again it may be that o rc ° Ii I find is made and then the collector repaid for halt a month of work Bombay Gazette |