Koumiss

A fermented drink made from mare’s milk originally, though it may be made from the milk of any animal. The article usually sold under this name is made from cow’s milk, yeast being used to cause it to ferment. It is esteemed a nutritious beverage and an aid to digestion. deposit broken off from the twigs, while shell-lac is obtained by placing the twigs in hot water, which melts off the gum. It is then purified by straining through cotton bags, and dried on strips of wood. The water in which the lac has been melted is colored red by the bodies of the insects, and after the melted lac is taken out this water is strained and evaporated, and the sediment is cut up into small cakes and sold as lac-dye. Eacdye is largely used in dyeing silk and wool. Shell-lac is used in the manufacture of hats to nish composed of shell-lac di olved in alcohol with gamboge, and used for coating metals, chiefly polished bra , to which it gives a golden bronze color, preserves their lustre, and secures them against rust. The name is also given to varnish made by the Japanese and Chinese from and Chinese excel in this work, and give the articles a beautiful finish. game of ball, first played by the North American Indians, now common in Canada. of a brilliant red, orange, or yellow color, with black spots, or sometimes black with white, yel¬ low, or red spots. It lays its eggs in little collec¬ tions under the leaves of plants, among the plant lice, on which both the larvae and the full-grown insects feed. light by means of a wick dipped in oil and lighted. In ancient times lamps were simply flat ve els made of earthenware or stone. Speci¬ mens of these have been found in the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. In later times they appear to have been formed from various metals, more particularly bronze. Lamps are now made to give an excellent light, and are also used for