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Here we may obferve, that Mr. Miller ufes the 
words ftaining black ; which is not the' fenfe of the 
author, who, by mentioning the materials of Japan 
ink, (hews, that even in varnifhing black it was ne~ 
ceffarv to ufe this black mixture. 
Further, Mr. Miller fays, that the Chinefe mix 
thefe colouring ingredients with this varnifh : but 
the original plainly fays, that the Chinefe import 
them, and the Japanefe mix them with : rvarnifh 
for fale. 
And in a former part of this letter, p. 162. vol. 
xlix. Phil. Tranf. he fays, fpeaking of this true var- 
nifh-tree, that callicuts are painted with the juice of 
this ihrub. But this bare affertion of his, without 
producing a proper authority, I am perfuaded this 
Honourable Society will never admit as a matter of 
proof to invalidate the difcovery of the Abbe Sau- 
vagesf 
In looking; over one of the numbers of Mr. Mil- 
ler’s Dictionary, under the title of Anacardium, I 
find he quotes a paffage from Dr. Grew, which Sir 
Hans Sloane has placed among his obfervations on 
the Cafhew-tree, Hiji.yam. vol. ii. p. 127. which is, 
that cottons are ffained with lime, and the oil, or 
mellaginous fuccus, called Mel Anacardium (but for 
the account of this Mel Anacardium I (hall refer to 
Parkinfon’s Theat. p. 1 y68) \ and Mr. Miller feems 
to think it difficult to know which of the Anacar- 
diums is here meant. 
One would be apt think, from this paffage, and 
another that follows a little after in the fame page of the 
Hift. of Jamaica, relating to the black dye of the mel- 
lagoof this nut, that Sir Hans, at the time his hiffory 
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