Note 65 — CONTENTS. (continued 3)

Next, let us consider the value of the trunk of the coconut tree, the fruit, the husk, the shell, the meat, the leaves and their midrib. 1. The value of the trunk of the coconut tree in the olden time. The trunk of the coconut tree was made into a dancing drum65 in the olden time; it is said that that kind of a drum excelled in sound. To prepare it, it was hewn to perfection.66 The [upper] end was covered over with the skin of the kala, or the shark. It was generally very well prepared.