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pharmacologists. It also nearly approaches, as Professor Guibourt 

 informs me, the Resine de Madagascar of his Hist, cles Drogues." 



II. The second kind named "by Dr. Vaughan is Luban Hunkur, or 

 Aungure, from the country of Dour Mahamed and Abardagahala Somalis, 

 is so called from Bunder Aungure, whence it is principally exported. 

 Large quantities of this description of frankincense are brought to Aden ; 

 when picked and garbled, it sells in the market for one and a half dollars 

 the maund of 28 lbs. Ungarbled, the usual price for the same quantity 

 is three-quarters of a dollar. 



III. Luban Mdkur, from the seaports of Ras Kurree, Khor Bunder, 

 Alholu, Murya, and Bunder Khasoom, in the country of the Worsun- 

 gali and Meggertein, tribes of Somalis, who inhabit the extreme North- 

 east Coast of Africa, about Cape Gardafui. The natives collect this gum 

 in the months of May, June, and July. When picked, it realizes one 

 and a half dollars per maund ; if not picked, about half that sum. 

 Very little of this quality of gum finds its way to Aden ; almost all is 

 taken to Maculla and Shehr, on the Arabian coast, from whence it is 

 shipped direct to Bombay. The note appended to this describes the 

 sample to be inseparate, opaque, yellowish, rather small tears, to which 

 bark is frequently attached. 



IV. Luban Berbera, or Mustika, so called from the place whence it is 

 exported. It is collected in the district inhabited by the Ayil Yunis and 

 Ayil Hamed Soumali tribes, and upwards of 3,000 maunds are annually 

 sent out of the country. This quality of gum is generally garbled before 

 it is exported, and is largely used by the Arabs in their religious services. 

 Its price in Aden is from three-quarters to one dollar per maund. 



V. Arabian Luban, commonly called Morbat, or Shaharree Lub&n. A 

 large quantity of Olibanum is also collected in the Southern and South- 

 eastern districts of Arabia, and exported from several towns on the coast 

 between Ras Fartak and Marbat. 



The note to Nos. 4 and 5 describes these samples as consisting of tears 

 loosely agglomerated together into darkish masses, many of the tears 

 having a vitreous appearance when fractured. 



We have ventured upon giving the above descriptions entire, lest the 

 volume of the valuable journal whence it is quoted should not be in the 

 possession of our readers. 



The above being known to Dr. Birdwood, he did not rest satisfied 

 that the botanical sources should remain undetermined, and therefore 

 communicated with Captain Play fair to obtain through him specimens 

 of all the Olibanum trees found in the Soumali country. Through this 

 channel he learnt that there are at least three trees in that district : 



1. Yegaar, yielding Lub&n Mattee. 



2. Mohr Add, ) .... _ T . or , . 

 _ ,, , ,, , \ yielding Luban o hehen. 



3. Mohr Madow, J J 8 



The latter product being so called, writes Captain Playfair, " possibly 

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