PLATE XLV.
THE HINDOO METHOD O IK A T IN G
THE PAPN.
T he leafi withl the'Sti|>ar^e”o$ Areka nu$quick lime, and some aro-
ubAic seeds, is clitWed by th&'nafiTc&as’a lufoujj)$. atfd'giveta at‘ their
enteifaintfients tarid flasts, as a'pledgeiof amity'ah'q^oTf fiiitli'l» V
From eaiMhabiH theffis'd of thisfarticle. has befiqm^.with the natives
' almWk^' neeessarytSife it is^ondeEfh|how long Ihey.cam endure
^W®ywad<^Mt&ibd,j wshen* allowed the free^ usSf oft the Paunk'and
Sujiaiee^ The' leaf isharomatic, the nut'has an astiingcnfc taste, and
the,limpf wlfiBn.<seYves tot extract\thp June frouir both, is as hot as
pepper e ra t witfi$l*tfs pungency. Either* of these ingredients taken
separately, is lathei insipid, Lut when blerfdcdiogctlicr; the composition
is* very *pleasaht. ■ The figure m the- engraving has the leap of a Pauu
in his hind,-arid the uncovered dfslnbefoie him! contains aljl the
ingredients emplqyed'i'.'n*
