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Miscellaneous Notices. 
[Dec. 
dars had collected from the cultivators and tenants 89 per cent of their demand 
(upwards of 2 lakhs). Of the collections thus made, the land-tax paid to Govern- 
ment amounted to 56 per cent. Assuming the zemindar’s demand to be one-third 
of the produce, the land-tax will be equal to nearly one-sixth, a much smaller 
proportion than is frequently stated to be extorted. 
2. — Composition of Sealing Wax. 
1 lb. of Chuprah Lac. £ dr. of Camphor. 
If oz. of Lavender-water. £ dr. of Myrrh. 
£ dr. of Musk, or or 
§ dr. of Ambergris. ^ dr. of Frankincense. 
Strain the Lac thus, — break it into small pieces; melt it over the fire in a long bag, 
which being twisted atthe ends, will cause the Lac to exude, when it is to be taken 
off with an oiled knife, and thrown into cold water. The Lac is to be taken up by 
means of a stick, (such as is in use among wax-makers) and warmed over the fire; 
then pressed, kneaded on a stone (oiled), and beaten. The colouring matter is 
then to be added, and well mingled with the Lac ; after this, having spread open the 
wax, pour upon it about £ ofa spoonful of the perfume ; close the wax over it; beat 
and knead as before; after which more perfume may be added, if thought necessary 7 . 
The camphor and other ingredients must be well pounded and mixed ; after which, 
spirits may be added, and the mixture exposed to the sun for one or two days. 
3. — The Van Diemen's Land Tiger. 
The animal described under this name by Dr. Grant in the 30th No. of your va- 
luable “ Gleanings,” and of which the specimen, from which his description was 
taken, may be seen in the museum of the Asiatic Society, belongs to that genus of 
the JMarsupiata which has been instituted by Temmiock, under the name Thylo- 
emus, for the reception of the Didelphis Cynocephala. Harris. 
In the last edition of the Rbgne Animal, this genus is admitted as a subgenus of 
Dasyurus. The animals appertaining to it are distinguished from the Sarigues by 
the bind feet being destitute of a thumb, by the tail being hairy, and non-prehensible, 
and by having two incisors less in each jaw. The number of the cheek teetkisthe 
same. Thus they have 46 teeth, but the outer border of three large cheek teeth is 
salient and trenchant, and resembles the carnivorous tooth of the dog: their ears 
are moderate sized, and hairy. The animals belonging to the new genus Phascogale 
Tem. have the same number of teeth as the Thylacini, but in the former the middle 
incisois me longer than the others, and the cheek teeth are more bristled with points 
a circumstance approximating them to the Sarigues , which they resemble in point 
ol size. The Dasyuri differ from the Thylacini in the number of their teeth, having 
four molars less, though not in each jaw, as accidentally stated by Cuvier. The Pa - 
€ ^ € . S ^ ia ' e ^ ie two digits next the thumb united by skin as far as the nails, and 
timer in many other respects from the Thylacini. 
^ The teeth of the Sarigues are as follows.- incisors 1° canines *}, cheek teeth 
• i ' • an ^ t ^ 10sc °* ^ ie Thylacini, (there being two incisors less in each jaw,) 
■ sors g , canines } {, cheek teeth $$ = 46. This is the number found in the 
J- en . ^ an ^* e,nen s Land Tiger. Dr. Grant having (most probably in 
ingness in i me ^ ie specimen by a minute examination of the stiffened 
• out the mouth) overlooked a small cheek-tooth on each side of the upper 
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Diet ■ » t ^r ° Cmis Th y lac H»us,” says Cuvier, “ only one species is known, from Van 
and, of the size of a woll, but lower on its legs, of a grey colour, with 
