Tooneenna. Hernandia-ovigera.
Of the wood of this tree they make a sort of very small canoes, and several other necessary utensils.

E hooe-rorro. Cucurbita-pruriens.
The fruit of this tree is about the size of a small orange, very hard, and quite round, serving them, instead of bottles, to put their monoe or oil in.

Moemoe. Phyllanthus-anceps.
The only thing remarkable about this plant is the leaves, which shut up at night, from whence its name, which signifies sleepy.

E aowte. Morus-papyriferus.
This is the shrub from which they make their finest and most beautiful cloth; and is probably the same with that of which they make paper in China. The[y] never let it grow old, but cut it down when it is about a man's height, stripping the bark off, and laying it to soak in water. Of this they make their cloth either thick or thin as they please. They plant it in beds, and take great pains in the cultivation of it.

Eroa. Urtica-argentea, or Urtica-candicans.
Of the stalks of this nettle, beaten out, they make their best lines for their fish-hooks, which has the quality of not rotting with salt-water; they also make belts, or girdles of it, but very seldom garments; their best seins are also made of it.

E tootooe, Telopaea-perspicua.
Of the bark of this tree, soaked in water, they make that gummy substance which they put upon their dark-coloured cloth to make it glossy, and keep out the rain. The fruit of this tree is a sort of nut, which yields a very fat kernel, of which they make their black dye, used in Tataowing, by burning them and receiving the smoke. Strung upon a reed or stick they serve instead of candles, and give a very good light.

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