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2 and in empyrctmnitical beverages, as cofliie, nun, whiskey, «ic.
3 The porter and ale drinkers swallow, according to parliamentary
4 reports, an incredible quantity of covutus mrufopermun^ huh
5 nomicu, rapMcunu h-duw pcih'ttre, he. We smoke tobacco
6 (which contains one of the most formidable poisons), or toko it
7 for snuff; many even chew it: and the.Portuguese.flavour their
8 melon* with it. The natives of the oast intoxicate themselves
9 with opium and hemp plant. Lend, bismuth, and even arsenic
10 (in mama), anil other metals, are found on the toilettes of the
11 ladies. Prussic acid and veiatrum are cosmetics. Manganese,
12 copper, and. other poisonous metals are found in it normal state
13 in the food which composes our daily fare for example, in
14 the various kinds of cereals, ike.”
15 The before-mentioned tree butea frondoea, yields the ml’
16 known gum called Bengal Kino, which, with copperas, affords a
17 good ink; and if bears yellow-reddish flowers, which arc rccotn-
18 mended for use in hi}) baths, by the native physicians, in
19 urinal disorders. They are used also by the poorer classes
20 for .dying or colouring their clothes on the livli/ (carnival)
21 and Hesanti (yellow fast) The light powders culled nit ah,,
22 which they throw over each other, during the holy, and
23 which an- of variegated colours, are prepared from rice and
24 water-nuts (trapa binpinoga) ; the yellow one is tinted with
25 the same colouring substance. The water too, which they
26 throw on each other during the holy, is coloured with the same
27 flower, h'vause of its fugitive nature. The dried leaves of
28 the above tree ace also in requisition among the natives for
29 a variety of purposes, and are sold at the bazaar at Lahore
30 in bundles. The grocers wrap their spices and other articles
31 in these leaves instead of paper, anil the confectioners and
32 curd sellers do the same; tin latter knit two or three of the
33 leave-- together, cither with wooden pins or with thorns, so
34 that they have the shape of n cup, in which they exhibit the
35 curds for sale; and the Hindoo mountaineers, who art not
36 permitted to use glass or china, employ them as plates in
37 which they serve their food. The Rajahs Dliyan Sing, Soochet