DOLLS* 
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the face ; liquorice beads, for the eyes, and 
genuine hair are used. Some apology is due 
to the persons represented, for the features of 
the face are certainly not pleasing ; the full 
forehead might indicate brains were it not for 
the extreme weakness of the other features. 
Imported dolls are also dressed in the same 
costumes (PI. III. 2, 18). 
Pen-wiper doll. A “cute” pen-wiper is 
made by mounting a cashew-nut prepared to 
represent a face, on the “merry thought” 
bone of some deceased fowl who nobly lived 
a life of utility and was ignobly put to death 
to continue that usefulness. The legs of the 
doll are clothed in a thick skirt on which the 
punctilious individual may clean his pen- 
nib. The anatomy will not bear close inspec- 
tion and one is thankful that a skirt conceals 
the deformities (PI. III. 20). 
Plant Note. 
Cashew-nut or Monkey-nut. 
Anacardium occidentale. Order Anacardiaceae. 
A tree from 20 to 40 feet high, native of the West 
Indies and South America. “ The fruit consists of 
a nut on the apex of a fleshy, pear-shaped body 
formed of the enlarged top of the stalk.” The 
fleshy part may be eaten as a fruit fresh from the 
tree, or preserved in syrup. The kernels of the 
nuts are commonly roasted and eaten. The nut 
itself is used for charms, pendants, &c., and for em- 
bryo gambling games by boys. 
The tree is common on the lowlands of Jamaica. 
Its deliciously fragrant flowers are produced in 
March and are followed oy the curious fruits. 
