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The History of Java, v. 1-2

Note 117 — Chapter VII

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"The fruit of a species of contorta, called kálak kámbing, has a deadly effect on tigers. It is prepared by the admixture of other vegetables, and exposed on a piece of rag at the places frequented by them. In some districts their number has been sensibly diminished by this poison."​—Horsfield.

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