1 delicious fruit o'" the East, abundant in the Punjab, and also
2 glowing on the lower range of the Himalayas. Those we hie!
3 at Lahore In autumn, were from Mooltan (siidj md from tire
4 hills (nurd); the former are not unfrequently as large as a fist,
5 the latter small, like henVeggs; both sorts are very sweet. The
6 mango-fruit has its corrective, that is, milk. The natives believe,
7 that on eating half a hundred and drinking a cep of milk
8 afterwards, digestion is rendered easy. In England, Milk is said
9 to dissolve Oysters. In Hindostan a good dish i; made 'rom
10 mango and milk. Conserves and pickles are also made of this
11 delicious fruit, the rind of which contains an abundance of
12 fragrant balsam, which ought to be extracted, and experimented
13 upon medicinally. I restricted my experiments to the kernel.
14 Maynif. Ind. nucleus (I.)
15 Ma'nna— in the Lahore bazaar there are only two kinds of
16 manna, both of which are imported from Persia via Cabul.
17 The me is called S h i r k c s li t, the other T o o r o o n j c b ii n.
18 besides these, I used the European Manna Culabrinu, which I
19 procured from Agra. The Hakims use Manna mostly as a
20 purgative in combination with Senna, Cassia, etc. and administer
21 it in pectoral and pulmonary affections, as cough, etc. also in
22 vomiting, colic, uterine diseases, isehury, fevers, etc.
23 JManna Calahr. (I.) Pneumonia. Peripneumonia.
24 Swellings.
25 Manna IIkdysuu Alhaoi— or, Toorffonjcbua. It
26 is a very impure bitter, of a granular appearance and substance,
27 mixed with the leaves and stalks of Hcdysahun.
28 Mann■ lied. Alh. (I ) Costiveness.
29 M asna Pkhsica S ii ki k a s u r—is not Manna Calnbrina,
30 as many erroneously suppose; the form and taste of he two are
31 quite different. Shirkesht hns the appeurartu of whitish
32 accumulated sugary drops; some of' tlie piece s ure half an inch
33 in length, very clean and pure, of a sweet odor, and agreeable
34 taste; much esteemed by the natives.
35 Man nv S h i r k ns tit ( 1 . )
36 Manna Tkkoiiul -is what the S a don at Lahore