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being filled with flesh. Nose sufficiently long and well raised even at 

 base, straight, thick and fleshy towards the end, with large wide nares 

 nearly round. Zygomse large and salient, but moderately so. Angles 

 of the jaws prominent, more so than zygomse, and face widest below 

 the ears. Mouth moderate, well formed, with well made closed lips 

 hiding the fine regular and no way prominent teeth. Upper lip long. 

 Chin rather small, round, well formed, not retiring. Vertical line of 

 the face very good, not at all bulging at the mouth, nor retiring below, 

 and not much above, but more so there towards the roots of the hair. 

 Jaws large. Ears moderate, well made, and not starting from the 

 head. Head well formed and round but larger a parte post than a 

 parte ante or in the frontal region, which is somewhat contracted cross- 

 wise and somewhat narrowed pyramidally upwards. Body well made 

 and well proportioned. Head well set on the neck, neither too short 

 nor too thick. Chest wide, deep, well arched. Shoulders falling, fine. 

 Trunk not in excess of porportionate length compared with the extre- 

 mities, nor they compared with the trunk and whole stature. Arms 

 rather long, within 4 inches of knees. Legs and arms deficient in 

 muscular development from sickness. Hands and feet small and well 

 formed with instep hollow and heel moderate. Toes not spread, nor 

 splay foot. Mongolian cast of features decided, but not extremely so 3 

 and expression intelligent and amiable. 

 Darjeeling, 30M April, 1848. 



The Gum Kino of the Tenasserim Provinces. — By the Rev. F, Mason, 



In a valuable article by Dr. Royle on Gum Kino, reprinted in the 

 Journal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India, which 

 ostensibly enumerates all the various regions from which it has been 

 imported into England, there is no mention of this article being im- 

 ported from this Coast. Yet long before Dr. Royle compiled that 

 communication, more than one consignment had been made by parties 

 in Maulmain to houses in London of Gum Kino to the amount of a 

 thousand pounds. 



It was brought to Maulmain by an English merchant from the Shan 

 States, and stated by him, as our Commissioner at the time informed 



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