S2 APPENDIX. 



By continuing the boiling a further alteration is effected according to 

 the equation 



Picraconitine. Napelline . Methyl alcohol. 



The formation of aconine is represented as constituting a third stage 

 of alteration as follows : 



+ 



Napelliue. Aconine. Acetic acid. 



The authors suggest that it is still doubtful whether the acid pro- 

 duct of this final change is acetic acid or acrylic acid, and that, in 

 the latter case, the formula of aconine would be C^^H^^+NO^. 



From the production of mehtyl alcohol in the decomposition of 

 aconitine when heated with water, it is inferred that aconitine is 

 analogous to cocaine, and is to be classed with the acid esters, either 

 as an acetyl or an acryl ester of benzoyl aconine, while aconine 

 itself would be a derivative of a tximethoxyl methyl quinone. [Journ. 

 f. p-aht, Chem.y xlv., 604,) 



Note on Mishmee Teeta and Bee (or Poison). 



These roots are procured on the* range of hills inhabited by the 

 Mishmee tribe, and annually iu the cold season a large supply is 

 brought down to the plains, and the Mahajans here, who ai'e princi- 

 pally Marwar-people, give in exchange for them beads, salt, coloured 

 woollen and cotton cloths, &c., &c. The Mahajans state that these 

 articles aro readily purchased in Central and Lower Assam. 



as 



headache, and fever. 



The Bee or poison, which is brought down by the hill -tribes, is 

 parboiled with a view to prevent its cultivation in the plains. It is 

 generally employed by hunters for killing wild animals. 



* 



Mishmee Teeta as a remedy for Colic. — Take 20 grains of Mishmee 



Teeta, 10 to 12 whole grains of black pepper, about lO grains of 

 salt. The whole is to be masticated and washed down with a small 



•quantity of water. 



