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Ambetigrise. Amber, O H. Amhara, S. 



Considerable quantities of this substance are sometimes "brotrg^ht to 

 Cdlcut t a, hy thQ Commanders of trading vessels ; who find it floating on 

 the Indian Ocean, or adhering to rocks, chiefly among the Moluccas and 

 other islands to the eastward. It is esteemed, by the natives, as the most 

 agreeable of all perfumes, more especially by the Mahummedans. ,.TIieir 

 physicians consider it also as an Aphrodisiac, a class of medicines of great 

 importance in their pharmacopoeias, but which probably contains not a 

 single article that has any claim to that title. 



TIoNEY. Medliu (2) H. SlicTicd,^^^ P. MedU, S, 



Wax. Mom, H. and P. MidMch-liisTita, S. 



Lac. Ldcli and Ldh, ^.; Lacslia,'S, 



HiRUDo Medicinalis. (L. ) Jowc, W H, Jelauca, S, 



Leeches are found, in stagnant ponds and ditches, in every part of Hifi- 

 dustan. In a country in which general bleeding is so much seldomer re- 

 quired or admissible than in cold climates, and where consequently the 

 pradlitioner must more frequently have recourse to topical bleeding, it is 

 fortunate that this animal, so convenient for the latter purpose, can at all 

 times be procured, 



Meloe CicHOREi. (L. ) Telini,(^^ U. 



A VERY full and accurate description of this species of Meloe, has been 

 given, in the 6th Vol. of the Asiatick Researches, by Colonel Hardwicke, 

 to whom we are indebted for this valuable acquisition to our Materia Me- 

 dica. The insedl abounds in every part of Bengal, Bahar and Oude. In 

 the rainy season, during which it is in its most perfedl state, it is found 

 feeding on the flowers of the various species of Hibiscus and Sida, and is 



(^) Umbur. (2) Mud or Mudhoo, (:0 Hhuhud. (») Jonh. t^) Tdinee. 



