ABSTRACT
The art of inlaying gold, or silver, on iron is gradually becoming extinct, and instead of twenty houses as formerly, the city of Dacca at the present day only possesses two or three families, all of whom are natives of Laskarpúr in Silhet. In former days their ornamented shields and sword-hilts were greatly admired; but now, with an amalgam of silver and mercury they inlay pipes, perfume-boxes (‘Atardán), and Pandans which are commended by natives.
