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as it preserves them from the numerous tribe of worms so abundant in tropical countries. There seems indeed no reason why it should not, when duly prepared and attenuated, be made applicable to all the purposes of the petroleum of Zante, a well known article of commerce in the Adriatic; or that of the district of Burmah in India, where 400,000 hogsheads are said to be collected annually."