POISONS FROM INOEGANIC SOUBGES 235 



SAND AND QUICKLIME 



A blinding powder, that is to say, a powder used by 

 thieves to disconcert their pursuers, obtained in 1913 

 from the UIu K^sial district in Kelantan, was found by 

 Dr. Dent, Government Analyst, Straits Settlements, to 

 consist of pounded glass and sand containiog grains of 

 alluvial tin ore (bijeh). Another blinding powder used 

 by Malays for the same purpose is composed of quick- 

 lime and pepper. 



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