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[N.S.] 



Rum 1 6 mdshas, sal ammoniac fried 6 mdshas, Indian senna * 

 6 mashas, Socotrine aloes 6 mdslia, silver-leaf 3, gold-leaf one, 

 preserved apples 9, preserved quinces one, preserve of har 

 nine, sultana raisins 4 oz., dried apricots 4 4 oz., black raising 

 4 oz. Make into a farfwa in the ordinary way. The first da- 

 give oneiounce of the halwa, and on the top of it a few pills of 

 flour. After three days, again give the halwa with a few dough 

 pills ; and, as described above, put on the muzzle and confine 



not digest 



as already described. If the cock does 



me nuiwa wien give iz rne ionowing digestive ° 



Receipt to promote digestion and increase appetite. — All 



four kinds of Ajava seeds 6 4 tolas, malkangni 7 one told, 



black salt 8 one tola, bay salt B one told, churl salt ,0 one told. 



Lahore salt ll one told, dry ginger one told, pepper-corns one 



tola, dried mint one told, English vinegar a sufficient quantity, 



Indian senna n one told, green ginger one told, garlic juice a 



sufficient quantity, mustard seed one told, long pepper 

 one told. 



Another receipt for halwa. — Wheat one seer, goat's milk 

 2 seers, almonds 2 tolas, pistachio nuts one told, seed of the 

 edible pine one told. First soak the wheat in the milk and 

 make it into a starch; then make the whole into a halwa. 

 Next add the following : Peeled walnut kernels 2 tolas, 

 turnip seed one told, raddish seed one told, juice of both kinds 

 of pomegranate 13 one told, peeled celery stalk l4 one told, 

 Chinese rhubarb ,6 two tolas, erum mastic of Rum ,6 6 mashas. 



i 



well 



6 



Ther 



9 Sanamalclci, Cassia lanceolate. 



3 Terminalia chebufa, the chebulic or black myrobalan. 



4 Khvbanl are a kind of dried apricots from Kabul. 



6 Ghuran or pachak is a digestive, generally in powder form. 

 Ajwain is, according to Watt, Bishop's weed and Lovage. 



are the Indian, the Khurasani, the Ruml and the Afm I varieties. 



Mr. Burkill of the Indian Museum tells me that the first is the seed 

 of Carum copticum ; that the second is 10 per cent, of the seels or 

 Hyoscyamus plus 90 per cent, of purposely sifted grit: that the fourth 

 is the seed of Carum Roxburghianum ; while the th'rd is th seed of an 

 allied plant common in the Punjab bazaars but not yet determined. 

 Hyoscyamus niger is the English Henbane. 



7 Malkangni Oleum Nigrum, Celastrus paniculate. 

 9 Namak-i siyah, black salt. Khory. p. 70. 



* Namak-i sang, bay salt, Khory, p. 67. 

 10 Namak-i churi=kdnch-namak. 



" Vide note 7, p. 79. 

 12 Vide note 2, above. 



13 



pomegra 



ate. 



14 



Maahz-i karats, celery, Apium graveoiens. t> h „ AM 



U Chitese Rhubarb, ^md to be the dried root stock of Rheum 



officinale. Raivand or rawand-i C hlnl is the name of the unj rtea 



article of commerce. 



!• Virfe note 1 , above. 



