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viduals ; this being most observable in the different races of 
men. For instance, in the East its exciting influence is more 
marked than among Europeans. “ The Javanese,” says 
Lord Macartney, “ under an extraordinary dose of opium, 
become frantic as well as desperate. They acquire an artificial 
courage; and when suffering from misfortune and disappoint- 
ment, they not only stab the objects of their hate, but sally 
forth to attack, in like manner, every person they meet, till 
self-preservation renders it necessary to destroy them. They 
shout, as they run, amok , amok; which means, e kill, kill 
and hence the phrase, 6 running a-muck. 5 ” 
Captain Beeckman was told of a Javanese who ran a-muck 
in the streets of Batavia, and had killed several people, when 
he was met by a soldier, who ran him through with his pike. 
But such was the desperation of the infuriated man, that he 
pressed himself forward on the pike, until he got near enough 
to stab his adversary with a dagger, when both expired 
together . — Johnstons Chemistry of Common Life . 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
Probationary Veterinary Surgeons to be Veterinary Sur- 
geons : 
John Henry Carter, M.R.C.V.S. 
Edward Kelly, M.R.C.V.S. 
John Bolton Hall, M.R.C.V.S. 
Staff.” 
To have the local rank of Veterinary Surgeons attached to 
the Infantry Divisions in the Crimea : 
John Cooper, Gent. 
Edward John Brock, M.R.C.V.S., Gent. 
Turkish Contingent. 
To have the local rank of Veterinary Surgeon. 
Robert M‘Intosh, Gent. 
OBITUARY. 
Bradshaw, H. A., Bridgenorth. 
Scott, Gavin, Turkish Contingent. 
We have also to record the death of Alfred Henry 
Cherry, of the 17th Dragoon Guards, which took place at 
Scutari from an attack of dysentery. 
