192 - A CATALOGUE OF INDIAN ' 



"Nitrate of Potash. Shora, H. Yavac Shora, H; i-'^-^^'-i i^j'-^^"-> ■■- i^-y^ry::\ 

 Sulfuric Acid. Gundac-ca Atr^i^) H. i, I'i /£-3qq:":) lo -^'j :.■'•> ;^, 



Sulphate of Soda. C'hara Nun,^") H. dt bv:rx -j' 



Sulphate of Alumine. P'Mtcari,^^) H. Spliatica, S. 

 Impure Carbonate of Soda. Sejji~mitti,(.^^ H. Sorjicq, S^ 



Muriate of Ammonia. J^osdder,^^) H; """•■ , '"'^':' ^ ■ P^^^^ ^^ • 'i i .- ' .-. 



Muriate of Soda. Nemcc,(^^ H. . ■.'.■1 



Muriate of Soda, fused with the fruit of) 

 Phyllanthus Emelica. ) 



^ The following process for making. this salt, was communicated, by a 

 native druggist, to Mr. Turnbull, at MirzaporCy and a(51:ually performed 

 in his presence^ Mr. Colebrooke informs me that it nearly corresponds 

 with the process which he found described in a Persian treatise on medi- 

 cines. " Fifty-six pounds of Sammur salt (.afossile muriate of Soda) are 

 ^' mixed with twenty ounces of dried Aonias,{ Emhlic Myrobalans.) One 

 " fourth of these materials is put into a round earthen pot, with a narrow 

 ^* mouth, which is put on a fire-place made of clay. The fire-place has a 

 " hole at the bottom, for introducing the lire-wood. After the fire has 

 " heen lighted about an hour, and the materials in the pot appear to be 

 " melted, the rest of the materials is added by .degrees. The whole is then 

 " exposed to a strong red heat, for about six hours. The fire is then al- 

 ** lowed to die away, and the pot to cool ; which, upon being broken, is 



" found to contain about forty-eight pounds of Cdla JSTemeCf or Bit-laban.'" 

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The Bit-labafty or Bit-nobe?! , ^s it is sometimes called, is a medicine in 



great estimation^ with both the Hindu and Muhammedan physicians ; but 



(^) Gundult-l:a-utr^ (2) JChara Noon. _ (-0 Pliitkaree. i^) Stiiee-muUee^ 



<5) Nosaduto (6) Numuk: (^) Bit-lubun. (8) Kda-numuh 



