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posed to be, that one method of administering it, is to 
introduce it within the midrib of a leaf of betel, and close 
THE KABAEA-GOT.&. 
the orifice with chunam ; and, as it is an habitual act of 
courtesy for one Singhalese on meeting another to offer 
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