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3 tlie preparation of Much J now give—Any quantity oi nuX
4 vomica, is macerated or immersed in v arm milk, the milk being
5 poured off, and fresh milk substituted every day, fur wvori
6 consecutive days; oil the eighth day the mix vomica is sus¬
7 pended by inclosing it in a linen doth, in a stewpan filled with
8 new milk, and boiled; the nuts are then peeled and split, and the
9 internal germ removed and thrown away (the latter being con¬
10 sidered poisonous) they are then washed, dried, and rasped to
11 powder, which is afterwards boiled in honey. The following
12 spices, mixed with twice their weight of honey, are then added to
13 complete the electuary, viz.--white, black, and long peppers,
14 cinnamon, nutmeg, betei-nuf, niustic, English g»! an gale, Einbiie
15 myrobaion, Indian spikenard, cardamoms, cumin seeds, fennel
16 seeds, small fennel-flower seeds, saffron, ginger, cloves, aloes
17 wood, guiacum wood, sandal wood, and JCylobaham. The do-.:*
18 of this medicine is half a drachm to one drachm; and it is
19 recommended as an anodyne, hypnotic, and aphrodisiac; also,
20 as being valuable in removing palsy, curing gout, stopping
21 catarrh, strengthening the stomach, &c.
22 I could introduce n great variety of anecdotes illustrative
23 of the manners, customs, ike. of the inhabitants of 'Cashmere,
24 and the peculiarities of their country, which have no< r yi<
25 been published, did die object of my work permit, i may,
26 however, mention a curious species of theft which is sometimes
27 perpetrated there. Ou the lakes in Cashmere are large numbers
28 of floating gardens, or, masses of weeds, upon which earth
29 is thrown, and they serve as beds for cultivating melons,
30 cucumbers, turnips, carrots, cabbages, egg-plant-apples, and
31 different other culinary vegetables. If, however, the gardener
32 does not keep a watch over this moveable property, he may
33 perhaps find, that during the night, the garden itself has
34 been cut from its fastenings and removed; and as, in these
35 cases, the thief joins the stolen mass to a. similar one of his own
36 (thus completely altering its shape, position, &c.) it is rarely
37 possible to identify the garden, or, discover the perpetrator of
38 the robbery.