KAttTimi'AKK* 



st'vvc, ass well as an oriiaiiieiit far the diimcr- 

 There is some trouble in refining it, as 

 it teqwm iteqmnt boiling before it attaitis the 

 requisite traii sjin n m ry . 



At 8inr»"a|Mirc I nl»sf'i"\ed some iilamoutrf from 

 a iiluiit, which was described as growiug abim- 

 dimUy M M^laeea. -filaments display 



much imtabiiity m ^ tf^^i^<m of watm^li, 

 and will twist and tnm a^ttt for a long pe- 

 riod afterwards. They arc named Naga-pusing 

 by the Malays, which signifies to turn or 

 twist round," Each filament is covered with a 

 vety miaute pubescence. They appear tcx be 

 the awns probably of a species of Antliistiria. 

 Tbry are usimI l)y thi; natives, in farm of de- 

 c(teti<)n, as an external remedy in eruptive 

 diseases. 



Oft i*^ &ltib of J^avej^W, (Sunday,) Aree 

 sbocks 0f an earthquake were expeiieticed nt the 

 island of Singapore ; the first shock lasted three 



Tiiitiutes, and occasioned the lamps to swing, 

 chairs to rock, &c., c(jmmencing at twenty 



minute aftet eight, ^^m* A shook was 

 agaiix experieneed $hre& | another 

 very slight shock at five a. m. of the followtng 



mornino". 



An earthquake, it seems, was felt in India, at 

 Ghazeepore, an account of which I copy 

 vox. u. Q 



