feet; the shaft is square, not more than four feet each side, and is
formed by sinking a frame of wood. The oil, on coming up, is about the
temperature of ninety degrees of Fahrenheit. It is thrown into a large
cistern, in the bottom of which are small apertures for the aqueous part
to drain off, when the oil is left for some time to thicken. It is
then put into large earthen jars, placed in rude carts drawn by oxen,
and carried to the banks of the river, from whence it is sent by
water-carriage to every part of the empire. By the number and burden of
the boats employed in this trade, and the number of voyages they are
supposed to make in the course of a year, the exportation from the wells
is estimated to amount to 17,568,000 _vis_, of twenty-six pounds and a
half each. Thirty _vis_ a-year is reckoned to be the average consumption
of a family of five persons and a half; and about two-thirds of the oil
are supposed to be employed for burning.--_Crawfurd's Embassy to Ava._

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SIGNS OF THE TIMES.


Think how the dog, fond and faithful creature as he is, from being the
most docile and obedient of all animals, is made the most dangerous, if
he become mad; so men acquire a frightful and not less monstrous power
when they are in a state of moral insanity, and break loose from their
social and religious obligations. Remember too how rapidly the plague of
diseased opinions is communicated, and that if it once gain head, it is
as difficult to be stopt as a conflagration or a flood.--_Southey._

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