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2 certain quantity of (nconed hemp hub in half water and half
3 milk, til) half of it. is evaporate I ; it is then strained and cu idled-
4 The butter is afterwards, in the usual manner, separated from
5 the coagulation, and contains the effective tl> resinous)
6 part of the herb. Five' to ten grains of this composition is a
7 sufficient tloW. Tt can be-flavotaed with spices, such as pepper,
8 cinnamon, saffron, ginger, &c., and sweetened with sugar; and
9 toy means cf isinglass or gum tragacantb it can also be converted
10 into lozenges, which I used as bon-bons at Lahore. It is
11 true.. I could administer them only to Musaebnen; the Sikhs
12 and Hindoos being unwilling to take any medicines prepared
13 with liquids by European hands, but invariably obtaining
14 tlitm from us in a dry state, mixing them in their own
15 vessels, and using water procured by themselves. This dilli-
16 udly, however, was afterwards removed, when the hospital
17 was estabifcltwl, fov ts patierits of every nation met with a
18 liberal reception, the Sikh government, aware of the religious re-
19 .'friction- in that country, appointed a certain number of Hindoo
20 attendants by whom the remedies were prepared, and took
21 rare also to provide me with some water from the river Ganges
22 for the preparation of the medicines. The intoxicating drag
23 called bhurrus, used for smoking, is prepared as follows: - the
24 fresh and ripe hemp-plant is held over a mild lire to soften it,
25 and afterwards bruised in a mortar till it becomes a compact
26 ni ,$s. Another very curious method of obtaining it is, by
27 persons wearing leathoi breeches passing through the heinp-
28 lielils, so that they come in contact with the hemp-plant, by
29 which a quantity of the resinous substance attaches itself to
30 the leather garments a ut other parts of the body, which they
31 afterwards scrape off and collect. But the best way is to gather
32 the resinous parts by rubbing the plant in its growing stale
33 .titli the hands. In the. bazaars of India, the different sorts of
34 churruK are-sold under vaviotn names, -ns Jtokharun, Jarkandian
35 and Cad.merian; but the best is called ch'utrus mumiai, tv.,
36 wax-like churrus.