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milch-cows and buffaloes to increase their milk, and it is mixed with 
lime as a size to impart a bright gloss to walls which are covered with 
it. (This, Mr. Hanbury observes, is a gum-resin usually regarded as 
a species of Myrrh of inferior quality, formerly known as East Indian 
Myrrh. Yn the London market it has been lately offered under the 
name of Gum Bhesaboll. It is quite distinct from Indian aud African 
Bdellium.) 
Horar is the name of a gum produced by a small thorny tree which 
grows in the Somali country about Bunder Murayeh; it resembles 
the tree which produces the Myrrh, and attains the height of about six 
feet. The use of the gum is confined to the Somalis as a detersive for 
the hair. 
OLIBANUM, styled Lubdn by the Arabs and by the Somalis on the 
opposite coast, where the tree grows in great abundance. Five kinds 
are exposed for sale. 1. Lubén Matiee, from the place whence it is 
exported. 2. Lubán Hunkur, or Aungure (from Bunder Aungure). 
Large quantities of this frankincense are brought to Aden; pure it 
fetches three-quarters of a dollar per maund. 3. Ludén Makur, from 
the sea-ports of Ras Kurree, etc.; mostly shipped to Bombay. 4. 
Lubán Berbera, or Mustika, so called from the place of export. 5. 
Arabian Lubán, commonly called Morbat, or Shaharree Lubin. 
ALoEs and Senna (Cassia elongata, Lemaire-Lisancourt) and 
INDIGO, we presume, may be traced to the respective plants that yield 
them. 
Kár, the name of a drug brought into Aden from the interior, and 
largely used as a pleasurable excitant. It is imported in small camel- 
loads, consisting of parcels of twigs with leaves tied up in bundles, 
and it is the leaves that are chewed. 280 camel-loads are used in 
Aden alone. They are said to be the leaves of Catha edulis of Forskal. 
A figure is given of these bundles, and a full history of the plant. . 
WABEI, a poison extracted from a tree in the Somali country, ob- 
tained by boiling the root in water. The barb of the arrow is dipped 
into the inspissated juice, and renders a wound inflicted by it incurable. 
Mr. Hanbury supposes this plant may be Carissa Schimperi of Richard, 
identified with Strychnos Abyssinica of Hochstetter. 
. CopraL,—brought from the African coast opposite Zanzibar, said to 
be dug up from the earth. 
Sanevurs Draconis, or Dragon’s Blood, from Socotra, where the 
tree (Dracena Draco ?) is said to grow in luxuriant abundance. 
