OCR Text |
Show PERFUME FROM ALOE TREE. Resinous Aromatic Juice That Is of Great Value. Tho aloo wood tree Is a nntlvo of tho mountnlns cast nnd southeast of Sylhet, In Burmnh, and In Bongal. It Is valuable on account of a dark resinous resi-nous aromotlc Julco with which tho wood Is sometimes gorged. This reBln, or agar as It Is colloquially tormed, Is used for Its porfumo and supposed medicinal properties. It Is very costly and Is used both for In-conso In-conso In rollgious nnd other cero-monDils cero-monDils and also In tho preparation of a porfumo called agar attar, which Is practically ns costly as nttnr of roses. Tho most Interesting fonturo In connection con-nection with tho nloo wood trco Is tho uncertnlnty ns to whether nny pnr-tlculnr pnr-tlculnr treo will bo found to contnln tho precious resin. A tribe of bill mon known to tho nntlves ns agar kumlahs make It tholr badness to search for tho resinous wood. Tholr trado Is a socrct which they always endeavor to prosorvo from all natives or other trlbos. A pnrty of ngnr kura-labs kura-labs goes off Into tho mountnlns with provisions for ns long ns throo months, nnd thoy prosocuto their todl ous sonrch In districts whero probably; a human bolng Is not seen from ono month to nnothor. Trees havo to bo choppod down and hacked to pieces beforo It can bo ascertained as-certained whether thoy contnln nny of tho resinous deposit, nnd sometimes some-times nftor a wenrlsomo searcn, through half a dozen trees, young and' old, not a single ploco of agar Is dls-i covorcd. Again, It may bo that a rich find la mado and then tho collector Is ropald for half a month of work. Bombay Gazette. |