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as to what would be the best to do with her, and they at 
length, with one accord, came to the decision that she was 
“ Bhoot Lugga,” i. e. possessed of a devil; a very common con- 
clusion they are apt to arrive at in such cases as have a 
m}^sterious origin. To drive the devil out of the poor animal 
they singed her nose, and beat her with sticks ; but finding 
the devil w 7 ould not so easily be driven out, they left her for 
the night. I inquired the next morning if his satanic majesty 
had departed, and was replied to in the negative, but that 
they had adopted another mode to effect their purpose, 
namely, the application of a poultice made from the bruised 
leaves of the cannabis inclica, in the green state. This, I was 
told by them, would surely have a beneficial effect ; however, 
after the lapse of a few days, during which time the goat did 
not seem to improve, they followed my advice, and destroyed 
her. I mention this fact merely to show that the medicinal 
properties of the drug are known to the natives of India. 
The way in which I have seen the natives procure the 
“churrus,” is by first crushing the green leaf in the hands, 
and then rubbing them together, till the waxy-like substance 
forms into thin long rolls, like pins and needles, on the palms 
of the hands. This they are very fond of inhaling through 
the te hookah,” and it produces a pleasant exciting effect. I 
have inhaled it myself, but not to such an extent as to produce 
catalepsy, which state the natives frequently bring about. I 
have recently sent to India for some of the churrus, and if 
you wish I will with pleasure give you some when it arrives. 
Believe me, yours obediently. 
ON THE MODE OF PREPARING THE WOORARA 
POISON. 
To the Editors of i The Veterinarian .’ 
Messrs. Editors, — Seeing in one of your later numbers 
an account of the source and physiological action of the 
Woorara poison, I have thought the following description of 
its preparation by the Indians, extracted from “Waterton’s 
Wanderings in South America,” might prove interesting to 
some of your readers. 
It is now some years since, that several experiments were 
instituted with this poisonous agent at, I believe, the Not- 
tingham Infirmary, which were published in the medical 
