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product both of Burma and China, while the yellow sul- 
phuret or orpiment (Auripigmentum) is so much a product 
of eastern countries, as to be imported into England even 
in the present day by its Hindee name hartal (Sans, hartala), 
being brought there from China and Sumatra : it is found 
also in Caubul and in Persia. The ores of arsenic and of 
mercury are, as far as hitherto ascertained, more abundantly 
found in China than in India, but as both are employed 
in medicine by the Hindoos, as well as by the Chinese, 
the fact, I think, indicates early communication between 
these nations. Chinese vermilion has long been famous ; 
and, like native cinnabar from Japan, used to be imported 
into Europe. The Hindoos give processes for its manu- 
facture, but it is also found in Tibet and in Nepal, and, 
according to Dr. Hamilton, occasionally also in Guzerat. 
Some other metals might be mentioned, as found within 
the limits we have been examining ; as platina in Burma, 
manganese near Ajmere in Central India, and titanium 
in the Peninsula ; but these not having been known as 
distinct substances to the Hindoos, it is needless to dwell 
longer on the subject. 
As almost all the substances we have enumerated are 
also found in Europe, we might, as drawing inferences 
from the native countries of different substances, find it 
difficult, perhaps, to prove that their properties had not first 
been investigated in the West, and thence been communicated 
to the East. But the metals, we have seen were known in 
Egypt long before Europe was civilized, perhaps, even 
inhabited. From the same substances therefore existing 
both in the East and the West, we do not get any assistance 
from names, as European authors mention them of course 
only by their European names : yet, a few betray their 
origin, and leave little doubt that some at least, were first 
imported from the East. Thus, misy and sory of Dios- 
