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PHUKOK

Volume 17 · 93 words · 1860 Edition

or Kottmot, an island in the Gulf of Siam, off the coast of Cambodia, from which it is separated by a navigable strait. It is about 7 miles long, and 3 broad; and it has a harbour in N. Lat. 10. 17., E. Long. 104. 16. The surface is well wooded, and produces the eagle-wood (Aquilaria Agallochum), which yields a fragrant resin, used in India as a cure for gout. The natives are employed in spearing the tripang, or sea-cucumber (Holothuria), an animal which is used in China for the preparation of soups.