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This conclusion is perfectly rational, for General Cunningham himself does not 

 deny that they brought to India the two Anonacece however with this restriction, 

 that they brought " merely coals to Newcastle. " The coals were not found then 

 in these Indian Newcastles, where actually now they abound. And General 

 Cunningham can preserve in the museum the Barhut Sculptures with the coarse 

 design of the jaca. Auguste de Saint- Hilaire had missed the mark when he 

 said that the Portuguese had transported the Anonaceae from India to Brazil ; 

 the fact was diametrically opposite from Brazil to India, as had already been 

 supposed by the perspicaceous Rheede. 



