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after a certain time becomes red. Neither muriate of barytes 
nor nitrate of silver poured into the vinous solution of this liquor 
produced any precipitate; a little oxalic acid produced a slight 
whiteness. At a moderate degree of heat it evaporates without 
changing its colour, yielding yellowish vapours. In uniting the 
vapours of this liquor with those of nitric acid, no white smoke 
appeared. Put the aqueous infusion into a small portion of 
spirit of wine in which an infusion of those bladders had been 
made, and no whitening or precipitate occurs, but a very rapid 
vertical movement takes place as if the vesicles had become ani- 
mated. It is probable that the spirit of wine which enters into 
these vesicles, in uniting with the water, gives them this motion. 
On examining another species of Julus, the author found it pos- 
sessed of a foetid liquor having a milky white colour, and of an. 
insupportable smell. 
Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay. With En-- 
gravings. Vol. I. 4to. pp. 319. 
The first volume of Transactions now published, of the Lite-- 
rary Society of Bombay established in 1804, contains the follow- 
ing articles:—Discourse at the opening of the Society. By Sir 
James Mackintosh, President.—An Account of the Festival of 
Mamangom, as celebrated on the Coast of Malabar. By Francis 
Wrede, Esq. (afterwards Baron Wrede).—Remarks upon the 
‘Temperature of the Island of Bombay during the Years 1803 and 
1804. By Major (now Lieutenant Colonel) Jasper Nicholls.— 
Translations from the Chinese of two Edicts: the one relating 
to the Condemnation of certain Persons convicted of Christianity, 
and the other concerning the Condemnation of certain Magis- 
trates in the Province of Canton. By Sir George Staunton. With 
Introductory Remarks bv the President Sir James Mackintosh. 
—Account of the Akhlauk-e-Nasiree, or Morals of Nasir, a cele- — 
brated Persian System of Ethics. By Lieut. Edward Frissel of 
the Bombay Establishment.—Account of the Caves in Salsette, 
illustrated with Drawings of the principal Figures and Caves. By 
Henry Salt, Esq.—On the Similitude between the Gipsy and 
Hindostanee Languages. By Lieut. Francis Irvine of the Bengal 
Native Infantry.—Translations from the Persian, illustrative of 
the Opinions of the Sunni and Shia Sects of Mahomedans. By 
Brig. Gen. Sir John Maleolm, K.C.B.—A Treatise on Sufism, 
or Mahomedan Mysticism. By Lieut. James William Graham. 
—Account of the present compared with the ancient State of 
Babylon. By Capt. Ed. Frederick of the Bombay Establishment. 
—Account of the Hill Fort of Chapaneer in Guzerat. By Capt. 
William Miles,—The Fifth Sermon of Sady, translated from the 
. D3 Persian. 
