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juice of the fhell of this nut. They are known all over 
India by the name of Marking-nuts, and are fold for 
that purpofe in their bazars or markets, the figure of 
which is annexed, N p . 6. Tab. 2f. 
At the fame time I tr'ed the acrid oily fubflance of 
the fhell of fome frefh Cafhew-nuts (n), and ob- 
ferved, that it gave no colour to linen, but remained 
like oil of olives on it. 
I have heard indeed, that the juice of the flefhy 
fruit that fupports the Cafhew~nut will (lain the lips 
black, and perhaps it may linen ; but the gum or 
liquor which proceeds from the tree is agreed by 
later (12) authors to be of the fame nature and me- 
chanical ufe with gum arabic ; and confequently will 
diffolve in water ; which would render it improper 
for Varnifh. The figure of the Cafhew-nut and its 
fruit are annexed, N°. 7. Tab. 25. 
Dr. Kaempfer further obferves, that the quantity 
of Varnifh obtained from this officinal Anacardium 
tree is fo great, as not only to ferve to varnifh all the 
utenlils of China, Tonquin, and Japan, but that it 
is exported in wooden veffels to Batavia, and feveral 
other parts of India. It is not improbable there- 
fore that this is the Varnifh mentioned by Father 
D’Incarville in the Philofophical Tranfadlions, Vol. 
48. parti, p 254, called Toeng-yeou j which is fo 
univerfally ufed in China for preferving and ornament- 
ing their furniture. 
I mull now confefs to you frankly, that I cannot 
find, after carefully confidering and examining Mr. 
(n) See Fig. 7. Tab. 25* (*2) See Brown’s Nat. 
Hift. of Jamaica, p. 225. 
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