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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 KABARA-GOYA. 



ie orifice with chunam ; and, as it is an habitual act of 

 ■urtesy for one Singhalese on meeting another to offer 



