﻿PRELIMINARY 
  REMARKS. 
  5 
  

  

  I 
  see 
  no 
  reason 
  to 
  doubt 
  the 
  above 
  circumstantial 
  account, 
  although 
  

   of 
  course 
  the 
  horns 
  possess 
  no 
  occult 
  powers 
  of 
  attraction, 
  but 
  act 
  

   merely 
  as 
  pieces 
  of 
  stick 
  might, 
  in 
  determining 
  the 
  arrest 
  of 
  heavy 
  

   particles 
  by 
  the 
  check 
  they 
  give 
  the 
  current. 
  The 
  Nylgao 
  does 
  not 
  

   occur 
  in 
  Burmah, 
  the 
  T'sain 
  being 
  the 
  Bos 
  Sondaieus, 
  The 
  horns 
  of 
  no 
  

   sheath-horned 
  ruminant 
  ever 
  present 
  the 
  appearance 
  termed 
  'velvet' 
  

   in 
  the 
  deciduous 
  horned 
  species 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  phrase 
  is 
  accounted 
  for 
  by 
  a 
  

   subsequent 
  statement, 
  that 
  " 
  deer's 
  horns 
  are 
  sometimes 
  used 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  

   them," 
  and 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  velvet 
  may 
  possibly 
  be 
  best 
  esteemed 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose. 
  It 
  is 
  added 
  that 
  these 
  horns 
  (gold 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  course) 
  sell 
  some- 
  

   times 
  for 
  12 
  or 
  13 
  tickals 
  a 
  piece, 
  equivalent, 
  I 
  presume, 
  to 
  half 
  a 
  tickal 
  

   of 
  gold 
  at 
  24 
  or 
  26 
  rupees 
  the 
  tickal, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  its 
  

   ordinary 
  price. 
  Among 
  the 
  minerals, 
  No. 
  9, 
  Litharge, 
  was 
  subsequently 
  

   stated 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  artificial 
  product, 
  imported 
  from 
  the 
  Shan 
  States 
  (page 
  

   305). 
  The 
  quartzy 
  malachite 
  is 
  also 
  an 
  interesting 
  mineral, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  

   unable 
  to 
  obtain 
  access 
  to 
  the 
  Asiatic 
  Society's 
  minerals, 
  which 
  at 
  present 
  

   are 
  packed 
  up, 
  and 
  am, 
  therefore, 
  unable 
  to 
  offer 
  an 
  opinion 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  

   identity 
  of 
  this 
  substance 
  with 
  a 
  specimen 
  shown 
  to 
  me 
  as 
  malachite 
  

   from 
  Bhamo 
  by 
  Colonel 
  Fytche 
  in 
  1871, 
  I 
  think. 
  The 
  specimen 
  in 
  

   question 
  T 
  at 
  once 
  said 
  was 
  not 
  malachite, 
  as 
  a 
  knife 
  made 
  no 
  impression 
  

   on 
  it, 
  and 
  very 
  likely 
  contained 
  no 
  copper 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  possible 
  that 
  

   it 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  Prase 
  containing 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  copper 
  

   stated 
  by 
  Prinsep, 
  though 
  the 
  combination 
  is 
  an 
  unusual 
  one. 
  

  

  At 
  page 
  458, 
  Mr. 
  Prinsep 
  gives 
  an 
  analysis 
  of 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   fossil 
  bone 
  from 
  Ava, 
  one 
  consisting 
  almost 
  wholly 
  of 
  carbonate 
  of 
  lime 
  

   with 
  a 
  little 
  coloring 
  matter 
  (iron) 
  , 
  the 
  other 
  composed 
  as 
  follows 
  :— 
  

  

  Carbonate 
  of 
  lime 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  25"0 
  

  

  Phosphate 
  of 
  lime 
  dissolved 
  in 
  nitric 
  acid 
  ... 
  340 
  

  

  Silica 
  and 
  oxide 
  of 
  iron 
  not 
  dissolved 
  ... 
  ... 
  41-0 
  

  

  100-0 
  

  

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