Ufe to the 
natives. 
Ornaments 
for the la- 
dies. 
Sealing wax. 
Mr. kehr’s Hiftory of the 
3d. Lump Lac is Seed Lac liquified by fire, 
and formed into cakes. 
4th. Shell lac i-s the cells liquified, drained, 
and formed into thin tranfparent laminae in the 
following manner. Separate the tells from the 
branches, break them into fmall pieces, throw 
them into a tub of water for one day,- wadi off 
the red water and dry the cells, and with them 
fill a cylindrical tube of cotton cloth, two feet 
long, and one or two inches in diameter ; tie 
both ends, turn the bag above a charcoal fire ; as 
the Lac liquifies twid the bag, and* when a diffi- 
dent quantity hag tranfuded the pores of the 
doth, lay it upon a fmooth junk of the Plan- 
tain tree (Mufa Paradifiaca* linn^ei), and with 
a drip of the Plantain leaf draw it into a thin 
lamella ; take it off while flexible, for in a mi- 
nute it will be hard and brittle. The value of 
Shell Lac is according to its tranfparency. 
This is one of the mod ufeful infe&s yet 
difcovered. 
The natives confume a great quantity of Shell 
Lac in making ornamental rings, painted and 
gilded in various tades, to decorate the arms of 
the ladies ; and it is formed into beads, fpiral 
and linked chains for necklaces, and other female 
ornaments. 
Take a ’dick, and heat one end of it upon a 
charcoal fire ; put upon it a few leaves of the 
Shell Lac foftened above the fire; keep alter- 
nately heating and adding more Shell Lac, until 
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