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the hills, and receives more and more adulteration, 

 (by adding the purest ghee,) as it passes down to 

 the lower provinces : age gives it the firmness of 

 pure tallow. 



ADDITIONAL REMARKS BY THE SAME, IN CON- 

 SEQUENCE OF A FEW QUERIES TRANSIMITTED 

 TO MR. GOTT. 



It is supposed there might be annually procured 

 from twenty to thirty maunds, at the price of 

 fourteen or fifteen rupees the maund. 



1 St. It is never taken inwardly as a medicine, nor 

 is it used in diet; further than that the dregs, after 

 the purer fatty substance is expressed, are eaten, 

 as a substitute for ghee, by the peasants, or la- 

 bourers, who extract the fat. 



2d. I have some pure, which has been by me 

 ten months, and it has neither acquired colour, 

 nor bad smell. 



3d. After it is imported into Rokilkhioid, it is 

 scented with Utr, (an essential oil,) and a little of 

 the flour of the Indian corn (Zea Mays) is added, 

 to increase its consistency. N. B. This flour is 

 added on account of its peculiar whiteness. 



4th. If it is clean, and free from dirt, it never 

 undergoes any purification ; if the contrary, it is 

 heated, and filtered through a coarse cloth. 



5th. The flowers are never used. The pulp of 

 the fruit is eaten by some ; it is of a sweet, and 

 flat taste. 



