APPENDIX, 145 



The Kiitoris thus employed are not permitted to sell kat to other 

 persons, and the merchant, to guard against any roguery on their 

 partj has their huts searched daily. 



The heat in the months of April and May puts a stop to the manu- 

 facture, as the kat will not thicken and dry when the atmosphere is 

 very warm. 



Wlien the whole supply of kiit has been dried by the merchant's 

 people, it is piled into long heaps or ridges, and previous to its being 

 removed from the jungle to his own house, he deems it necessary to 

 propitiate the goddess Bhavani. Accordingly, a coarse green sdrhi^ a 

 choli^ some glass bangles, a small-toothed comb, and a string of beads 

 are placed on one of the heaps of kat; then some turmeric, red pig- 

 ment, a casket or small box find comb (^t^r ^^t)? I'^d lead, a 

 cocoanut, and frankincense are placed near the sdrhiy after which a 

 sheep and fowl are sacrificed at the shrine. 



It 19 said that the merchant reckons that he receives about tea 

 seers* of the kat for the rupee. {Major A, Macldutosh^ Trans. 

 Bom, Geography jSoc,^ i., p. 331, 1338.) 



Csesalpinia Sappan. 



Schreder, in the Berichie der Deutschen Chemhclicn Gesellschaff^ 

 187-2, 512, and 1870, 5)6, has shown that Sajipayiin^ the crys- 

 talline colouring matter of Sappan-wood, is not identical with 

 Brasilin, 



Alhagi oamelorum. 



Aitchison (jVo/'es on Prod, of W. Afghanistan and N.-E. Persiaj 

 p. 8) says : — " After all other shrubs and plants have dried up o^ving 

 to the autumnal hot winds, this still remains of a vivid green, and 

 is eagerly sought for as fodder by camels, donkeys, and goats. 

 During certain seasons, and in special districts, when its fniit is 

 beginning to ripen, the whole shrub becomes covered with tears of 

 glass-like beads, the largest the size of a pea; this is the Manna 

 produced on this shrub, called in these parts lar-anjabm^ which is 

 very extensively collected, both for local consumption and 



exportation," 



* The full seer of eighty rupees' weight, 2 lbs 



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