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APPENDIX. 



URINE OF HERBIVORA 



ANALYSED BY BOUSSINGAULT.* 



Urea 490 



II ippurate of potash t 



Lactate of potash not determined 



Carbonate of magnesia 087 



of lime ....... Spur 



Sulphate of potash 198 



Phosphate of potash 102 



Chloride of sodium 128 



Silica . 007 



Water and organic matter not determined . . 979- 14 



100000 



100000 



GUANO, AFRICAN. 



ANALYSED BY TESCHEMACHER. 



Volatile ammonia and salts, as oxalate, phosphate, and humate, with animal matters 



containing 5 per cent, ammonia 25 



Fixed alkaline salts, as chloride, sulphate and phosphate of potassium ... 11 



Phosphate of lime and magnesia 32 



Water 30 



Earthy matters 2 



100 



GUANO, CHILIAN. 



ANALYSED BY COLQUHOUN. 



Urate of ammonia, ammoniacal salts, and decomposed animal matter . . 17-4 



Phosphate of lime and magnesia, oxalate of lime 48 - l 



Fixed alkaline salts 10-8 



Stony matters . 1-4 



Moisture 22 - 3 



100 

 (Lond., JEdinb., and Dubl. Phil. Mag., 1S44, May and June) 



CHILIAN GUANO. 



ANALYSED BY DR. URK. 



Combustible, organic, and volatile matter, containing 2£ per cent, of ammonia . 225 



Water 24 



Silica 0-5 



Phosphate of lime 53 



100 



* Annales de Chimie et der Phys., Septembre, 1845, p. 97. 



t Hippuric acid could not be detected even when the pig with its food (potatoes) 

 large rations of fresh clover. 

 t No phosphate could be found. 



