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CJvPHAX^QDOUS ANNULS. 



(|Ut'iitlY taken in tlio seine. IF taken in the 

 liunrl alive, tlioy would, with the sncc-iileiit tcn- 

 taculse, draw the fingers of the person holdin*»- 

 tliem towards tlieir pawot-beaked months, and 



Aaptixc^, a large (Quantity of tliick black fluid, 



ii YVYY minnte proportion of which siiftiei'S to 

 romU r turbid a lar^ie <jnantity of water. SliouUl 

 tiiis black liqnid fall u^Jon linen clotlies, it pro- 

 dtteea u slalsL &t all posaiMe, to W 



removed. It k from this fluid that tlie material 

 known by the name of China or Indian ink, ig 

 maniilactnred. The ancients were also accns- 

 tonied to use it as a writing ink, and esteemed 



the £esb m a d^&^s^. Umi (3$ ^ 



partake it, and esteem it as food : they may 

 be seen exposed lor sale in the bazaars tlirougli* 

 mt India. 



Having brought my reBearches in this colony 

 to a ctaicltialiai ^ pfeeeatts I lia??e to r^ei 

 the limited portion of time I was ablc| to devote 

 to the izivestigation of its various natural produc- 

 tions, ik{i,f so numerous and interesting in all por- 

 tions of the great continent of AtlStolii^ The dis- 



wli^n it k ttGoimd^ted that m t&mm$^ t^mi of 

 ctntutry still remains unegplonredf many treasures 



