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amounted 



per cent., a lower percentage than that quoted by other investigators, 

 who give the average of tannin in myrobalan from 20 to 40 per eeBt. 



Terminalia beleriea, Eoxb. 



We have made the following experiments with the seeds of the 

 large-fruited variety of this tree (see Vol. II., p. 5, et seq.) :— 9*5 

 grams of the kernels, equal to 22 in number, pulped with raw meat 

 w^crc eaten by a fasting cat at 11-40 A.:vi. At 2-30 p.m. the animal 

 vomited several times, ejecting a number of worms and some fluid, 

 but no. meat. 4 r,M. vomited bile- stained, frothy fluid, looks some- 

 what distressed. No other symptoms were noticed, and on the 

 following morning the cat was in its normal state. 



Our experiments thus appear to indicate the absence of any 



narcotic principle, but a substance which possesses emetic properties 

 is probably present, 



MYRTACE^. 

 Clove Culture in Zanzibar.* 



Zanzibar is noted for being the principal source of the world's 

 supply of cloves, and a report on the cultivation of this article of 

 domestic economy may prove of interest. 



When speaking of Zanzibar, we include the islands of Zanzibar 

 and Pcmba, three-fourths of the entire erop of cloves being produced 

 in Pemba. Those grown on the island of Zanzibar are r^'eekoned of 

 superior quality and command the *better price, but this is probably 

 due to the fact that the owners reside here, and can thus give their 

 affairs tlie benefit of direct supervision. 



Certainly the conditions for their successful cultivation are niost 

 favourable at Pemba, where the rainfall exceeds that of Zanzibar, but 

 the management being left to careless overseers, the result is the 

 doves are imperfectly cured and (but Httle care being observed in 

 handling) are frecmently marketed in an irifprin^ «^,..i,-+,Vv, 



The clove tree was first introduced into this country by the then 

 Sidtan, Scycd Said bin Sultan, about tho year 1830, since which 

 tirae Its cultivation has graduaUy extended, until it is now the chief 

 uidustry of the islands. 



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' Koi^rt of Consul Pratt. Reprinted from tlu. iJr^^:^^::^^^^' J 



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