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2d. Mosalee Tanee, a yet smaller bee the honey of which is in 

 little esteem, but it is eaten by the Dungurs ; the wax is consider- 

 ed useless. 



3d. Tooroosao Tayuee, wax and honey of this bee good, and use- 

 ful, they have their hives in hollow trees. 



4th. Paddar Toy nee. — This species has its hive in the rocks, and 

 is in all probability the bee spoken of in the Psalms. Both these 

 last named bees, are destroyed by means of smoke for their honey 

 and wax. Part of the honey is sent to Hydrabad, part consumed 

 in the country where it is eaten with bread. The wax is brought 

 and sold in the Kusbas by Dungurs, Koewars, and Gronds, to the 

 Bunnyahs who send it chiefly to Hydrabad and the coast. They 

 seldom pay these people in money but give grain in barter, when 

 they pay in coin they give a rupee for eight seers of the wax. 



Lac. — Lac is found on both banks of the Grodavery, but more 

 abundantly on its northern or Nagpore side, it is brought in and 

 sold as the wax and honey are, the dye is used to dye tusser silk, 

 and worsted thread, for the manufacture of Warungul carpets, the 

 lac itself is used in preparing ornaments, for the Armourers, &c, 

 but a good deal of it is thrown away after the dye has been re- 

 moved, which is done by pounding and washing. Tamarind juice is 

 used to dissolve it preparatory to its being employed to dye thread. 

 Considering the extensive and dense forests,which extend hundreds 

 of miles to the north of the river in all directions, and which con- 

 tain all the trees that the lac insect usually selects for its peculiar 

 deposit, it may be assumed that if the demand for this substance 

 were great the supply would be commensurate with it, and that 

 were the Grodavery rendered navigable it would furnish no mean 

 article of produce for conveyance to the coast. 



Buffaloe and stag horns are collected by the jungle people, and 

 sold by them to the bunnyas, who send them to the coast to be 

 manufactured into work baskets, and handles for knives, &c. A 

 few years ago a party of Burmese made their appearance in Te- 

 linganah for the purpose of procuring the skins of King-fishers, 

 which in Ava, are used to decorate fans and dresses ; they caught 

 the birds by snaring them, and returned to their own country with 

 a large supply ; they remained in the country many months, and 

 were left unmolested by the Government authorities, who only ex- 

 acted a small tax on the produce of their labour, their strange dress 



