Meer Hassan Ali, B.: Observations on the Mussulmauns of India: descriptive of their manners, customs, habits, and religious opinions ; made during a twelve years residence in their immediate Society (Band 2) (London, 1832)

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clare, that if by accident a hair has been intro-
duced with food into the stomach, it can never
digest of itself, and will produce both pain and
nausea to the individual. On such occasions
they administer jahmun vinegar, which has
the property of dissolving any kind of hair,
and the only thing they are aware of that will.
Sherbet is made of this vinegar, and is often
taken in water either immediately after dinner,
or when digestion is tardy.

The skin of the jahmun produces a perma-
nent dye of a bright lilac colour, and with the
addition of uzzeez (tin,) a rich violet. The
effect on wool I have never tried, but on silks
and muslins the most beautiful shades have
been produced by the simplest process pos-
sible, and so permanent, that the colour resisted
every attempt to remove it by washing, &c.

The mango-tree stands pre-eminently high
in the estimation of the Natives, and this is not
to be wondered at when the various benefits
derived from it are brought under consideration.
It is magnificent in its growth, and splendid
in its foliage, and where a plantation of mango-