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passed round, and each person takes a single draught. Intoxica- 

 tion ensnea almost instantly and from one draught to fhe un- 

 accustomed ; within half an hour, and after four or five inspira- 

 tions to those more practised in the vioe. The effects differ from 

 those occasioned by the siddhz. Heaviness, laziness, and agreeable 

 reveries ensue, but the person can be readily roused and is able 

 to discharge routine occupations, such as pulling the p&nkah, 

 waiting at table, eto. 



"The Mdjoon or hemp confection, is a compound of sugar, 

 butter, flour, milk, and siddhi or bhang. The process has been 

 repeatedly performed before us by Ameer, the proprietor of a 

 celebrated place of resort for hemp devotees in .Calcutta and who 

 is considered the best artist in his profession. Four ounces of 

 siddhi and an equal quantity of ghee are placed in an earthen or 

 well-tinned vessel, a pint of water added, and the whole warmed 

 over a charcoal fire. The mixture is constantly stirred until the 

 water all boils away, which is known by the crackling noise of , 

 the melted butter on the sides of the vessel. The mixture is 

 then removed from the fire, squeezed through cloth while hot, by 

 which an oleaginous solution of the active principles and colour- 

 ing matter of the hemp is obtained ; and the leaves, fibres, etc., 

 remaining on the cloth are thrown away. The green oily 

 solution soon concretes into a buttery mass and is then well 

 washed by the hand with soft water, so long as the water 

 becomes ooloured. The colouring matter and an extractive 

 substance are thus removed and a very pale green mass, of the 

 consistence of simple ointment, remains. The washings are 

 thrown away; Ameer says that these are intoxicating, and 

 produce constriction of the throat, great pain and very disagree- 

 able and dangerous symptoms. 



"The operator then takes two pounds of sugar, and adding a 

 little water, places it in a pipkin over the fire. When the sugar 

 dissolves and froths, two ounces of milk are added ; a thick scum 

 rises and is removed: more milk and a little water are added 

 from time to time, and the boiling continued about an hour, the 

 solution being carefully stirred until it becomes an adhesive clear 

 syrup* ready to solidify on a cold surface ; four ounces of tyre 

 (new milk dried before the sun) in fine powder are now stirred 



