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berries sold in the bazars as Kisinish-hucaU, of 

 V Kismish'i'kdu'aliudn. are also called Muizak-i-usli, 



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Kawali or Eauli i» tlie name of a gipsy tribe in Persiai. 



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(Vol, II,, p. 100), mentions his being shown in the forests of 

 the Zagros mountains, on the road from Kirmanshah to Baghdad^ 

 a fruit called by the natives Angur-d-Kauli, or grapes of the 

 Kauli, which grow on the Mazu or gall-tree (oak), of a yellow-^ 

 ish transparent colour^ sometimes used as glue. 



The hakim I>awtid says of Dibk (in a passage Ivhich i» 

 imperfect in the Tdjel A^'us) '^it is found upon the tree in like 

 manner as lichen (<^*-!A''), but i» a berry, like the chickpea 



^tjfi^a.) in roundness > • . . • the best thereof is the 



smooth, soft, with much moisture, inclining, in its e:xterior, to 

 greenness, and it is mostly found upon the oak ; when it i» 



eooked with honey and tr*J »3 ( j^^ice of fresh dates, &c.) 



and draw^n out into longish strings, and put upon trees, the 

 birds become caught by it.'' (Madd el Kdmns .) The author of 

 the Mak/izan-el-Adaif/a has the following account of it:—* A 

 berry ^smaller than the seed of Cicer arietinnm, green whea 

 fresh, but when dry shrivelled and of a brown colour, the con- 

 tents are moist and viscid, the seeds about the size of poppy^ 

 seeds. The plant is parasitic upon the pear and other treeSi 

 and consists of several branches, the leaves are like those of the 

 pomegranate, and of a pale gfeett. Properties resolvent ana 

 laxative, a solvent of corrupt humors which it withdraws from 

 the system. When steeped in hot water, strained, and beaten 

 up with the kernels of the walnut or castor oil (w^hich is the 

 usual form of administration), it clears the system of adust bile 

 and phlegm, removes obstructions, and is a remedy for lumbagOf 

 piles, &c. Applied externally it promotes the suppuration, or 

 causes the dispersion of tumors or enlargements. Sportsmen 

 use it as birdlime, and dyers as a mordant for crimson.'' 



Of recent years, mistleloe hjis again attracted attention as » 

 toedicme. Dr. W. H, Long (iY... Eemedies, 1878, p. 112) after, 



