Hunt and Probert were pitiful wretches,
fit for the Bicetre. Doubtless the agony of Hunt's feelings until his
reprieve came, would, if properly divided into chapters, make a good
romance.--_Blackwood's Mag._
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PETROLEUM.
Petroleum wells supply the whole Burman empire with oil for lamps, and
also for smearing timber, to protect it against insects, and
particularly the white ant. Its consumption for burning is stated to be
universal, until its price reaches that of sesamum oil, the only other
kind used for lamps. The wells, which occupy a space of about sixteen
square miles, vary in depth from two hundred to two hundred and fifty
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.
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