Vulgar words in The History of Sumatra - Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And - Manners Of The Native Inhabitants (Page 1)
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The point of Pulo is covered with the arau tree (casuarina) or bastard-pine, as some have called it, which never grows but in the seasand and rises fast.
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The pliable and delicate bark of which clothing is made is procured from a tree called kalawi, a bastard species of the bread-fruit.
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Kayu arau (Casuarina littorea) is often termed a bastard-pine, and as such gave name to the Isle of Pines discovered by Captain Cook.
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The bearers of the litters for the sick were absolutely knocked up, and we were obliged to the sepoys for getting on as we did.