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Agallochum is a fragrant wood obtained from Aloexylon Agallochum, a leguminous tree of eastern Asia, and Aquilaria Agallocha, a large tree inhabiting north-east Bengal, abounding in resin and an essential oil which yields a perfume used as incense.
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Finger-prints have been used in ceremonies since early times, but in police investigations their use dates back to 1897 when the Indian government sanctioned their use. Sir William Herschel of the Indian civil service, first introduced the practice when he was in executive charge of the Hugli district, Bengal. he found that impersonation was prevalent in all the courts, and with a view to checking the frauds that were committed, he insisted upon the executants of documents which were admitted to registration affixing their finger impressions in the Register of Admissions as evidence of personal identity. The use of fingerprints in Britain was sanctioned in 1901.
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The Bengal is a breed of short-haired domestic cat which was developed in the USA in 1970 by breeding an Asian leopard with a domesticated tabby cat. The fur is leopard-patterned, thick, soft and consists of random rosettes of light spots within darker outer circles on a rufus-coloured background. The ears are small and slightly pointed, the tail is long and tapering, the eyes are very large and round and golden. The hind legs are shorter than the forelegs, a trait that makes the cat look like it is stalking when it walks and it has the gentle temperament of its tabby ancestor.
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The Bengal quine or Bel or Belgae (Aegle marmelos) is an Indian tree, the fruit of which is not unlike an orange and is slightly aperient. A perfume and yellow dye are obtained from the rind, and a cement from the mucus of the seed.
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Butea is a genus of plants of the family Leguminosae native to the East Indies. They are trees having pinnately trifoliate leaves, with racemes of deep scarlet flowers. The resinous sap forms a gum known as Bengal kino.
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The gayal or gyal (Mithan) is a species of ox related to the gaur found wild in the mountains of Northern Burma and Assam, and long domesticated in these countries and in the eastern parts of Bengal. The head is very broad and flat in the upper part, and contracts suddenly towards the nose; the horns are short and slightly curved. The animal has no proper hump, but on the shoulders and fore part of the back there is a sharp ridge. The colour is chiefly a dark brown. Its milk is exceedingly rich, though not abundant.
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The Krait (Bungarus candidus) is a poisonous snake of Bengal and Southern India. It is dark brown or bluish black above with bands or spots of white or yellow and uniform white below. They grow to about one metre long.
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Rhesus Monkey is a name for two species of monkeys, the brush, or pig-tailed monkey (Macacus nemestrinus) which inhabits the Malay Peninsular, and the islands of the Indian Archipelago, and is often domesticated; and the Macacus Rhesus (Bengal monkey), a species of monkey held sacred in India, where they swarm in large numbers about the temples.
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Flora Annie Steel was an English novelist and an ardent advocate of female suffrage. She was born in 1847 at Harrow and died in 1929. In 1867 she married an official in the Bengal civil service and subsequently lived for many years in India where she gained the knowledge of the country which she put into her novels, the most famous of which was the 1896 'On The Face of the Waters' about the Indian Mutiny. Her autobiography, 'The Garden of Fidelity', was published in 1929.
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Henry Thomas Colebrooke was an English Oriental scholar. He was born in 1765 at London and died in 1837. He became professor of Sanskrit at Calcutta and director of the Bengal Asiatic Society. His translations from the Sanskrit and his essays on Hindu subjects are valuable contributions to Oriental scholarship.
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