of Western Afghanistan and North-Eastern Persia. 141 

 Nll-tutid — {j.jyy^ — Sulphate of Copper. 



Nitraria Schoberi, Linn. Zygophyllacej^. 

 One of the few shrubs not grazed on by camels. 



Nitrate of Potash. 



Nitre, Saltpetre, shora. This, I was told, was obtained 

 over the whole country, by any one who chose to take the 

 trouble of collecting the soil from the ^dcinity of ruins and 

 the debris of old houses, but that experts alone collected the 

 soil of certain localities in the open country, which contained 

 a greater amount of the salt. The soil collected is mixed 

 with water ; the water is then removed and evaporated, the 

 residue is again dissolved in water, and the water treated as 

 before ; on the second evaporation, sometimes requiring a 

 third, are obtained fine crystals of saltpetre ; these crystals 

 are called slwre-kalmi. It is chiefly employed in the manu- 

 facture of gunpowder, which almost any one in this country 

 seems to know how to prepare. 



Nosh — ji^j — ail antidote. 



Nosh-ddar — -jCi\Ji:.yi — [the antidote to fire]. Chloride 



OF Ammonium, Sal-ammoniac. 

 Nut — -jcioz, joiiz, goz, goza, ghoza, ghoja, koza ; 



fruit stones, khura. 



Walnuts, the nuts of Juglans regia, goz, jadz, chdr-magz. 



Pistacio Nuts, the nuts of Pistacia vera, pista. 



Almonds, the nuts of Prunus Amygdalus, hdddm. 



The Sweet Almonds, or kernels of Prunus persica, var, kashta- 



shlrm. 

 Pine iS^uts, the seeds of the Pine, Pin us Gerardiana, chll-ghuza. 

 Pistacio Nuts, Walnuts, and Almonds are articles of great im- 

 portance in the export trade of the country. 



Nutmeg — the kernel of Myristica fragrans. 

 Nux-voMicA — the plant and seed of Strychnos 



NUX-VOMICA. 



Oak — QuERCUs species. 



Oak-galls — mdju. The galls of a species of Quercus. 



