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is a species of Hymencea, as is the Anime tree of New Spain. Here, 
I think, I can trace the origin of all the confusion respecting Anime 
and Copal. The Portuguese first gave the name of Anime to the 
resin of Malabar, probably from observing insects imbedded in its 
substance, calling it Anime , or “ animated ,” which is the signifi- 
cation of the Lusitanian word. The Portuguese, from their early 
acquaintance with the Malabar coast, which commenced in 1498, 
soon discovered the Anime, as it is scarcely possible one of its chief 
products should not have become early known to people of their 
keen commercial habits, more particularly so as they were at that 
period a flourishing trading people. This same people did not 
settle in South America till 1549, a period of fifty-one years having 
elapsed since their first intercourse began with India. The resin 
of New Spain, presenting a similar substance to that of the Ma- 
labar coast, had the same name applied to it, without any regard 
being paid to the tree which produced it ; thinking this account 
not improbable, I would infer from it, first, that the name of Anime 
was misapplied to Copal, which is only found in America ; and 
secondly, that the original term Anime was applied to the pro- 
duce of Asia. In process of time Anime and Copal were consi- 
dered as synonymous, and as the Spaniards and Portuguese traded 
with the East, they afterwards gave the name of Copal to the 
Animk of India, which is equally erroneous, Copal being only found 
in the New World, while Anime is the produce of the Old. Anime 
contains imbedded in its substance lizards, shells, insects and vege- 
tables, and sometimes, like amber, it is found with drops of water. 
The lizards, on the authority of Mr. Bell, I state to belong to the 
genus Hemidactylus ; they appear, however, to differ from any in 
his unrivalled collection. The only species of shell which I have 
seen belongs to the genus Cyclostoma ; it has an elevated ridge 
round the centre, and it appears to be exceedingly rare, if not un- 
known. The lizards and shell are in Mr. Strong’s collection. The 
number of genera of insects which have come under my notice 
amount to 155 ; there are also various others in all orders of very 
singular and undescribed forms, affording an ample field for the 
future researches of the entomologist, — a field where scarce a track 
is yet explored. 
The plants which are found in Anime appear to belong to the 
following genera, viz. Mimosa, S/torea * and Hemicyclia. There are 
also various others which 1 willingly leave to the researches of the 
* Mr. Don is of opinion, that some leaves contained in Anime resemble those of 
Shorea robusta. 
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