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scale, in which Cochineal is used by the 

 dyers, the fine colour, so much esteemed in 

 painting, and known by the name of car- 

 mine, is no other than a preparation from 

 the same substance, and is unquestionably 

 the most beautiful of all the pictorial reds. 

 It is also used, when properly mixed, with 

 hair powder, powdered talc, and in that 

 cosmetic, so much used by the ladies, and 

 properly known by the French term, rouge. 

 — Gallery of Nature and Art. 



Cuckoo-Spit. 



The Cuckoo-Spit insect is so named 

 from the circumstance of its producing, dur- 

 ing its immature state, the white froth so 

 common on various plants in the summer 

 season, and popularly known by the name 

 of Cuckoo-spittle. During this, its imma- 

 ture state, the animal continues to suck with 

 its proboscis the juice of the plant on which 

 it resides, discharging it at intervals from 

 the hind part of its body, in the form of 

 very minute glutinous bubbles, and by con- 

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