© Dr. Russell’s Account 
the juice fettling there, they were found adherent indifferently 
ex, remit?, and fometimes to both. I. A- 
they formed a fmooth lining, fomewhat refembliug policed 
.ftucco, which ufually was cracked in feveral places, and mig it 
eafvly be detached with a blunt knife. 
In fome joints the Tabafheer was found thus collected at one 
or both extremities only, and in fuch no rattling was perceived 
.upon (baking the bamboo; but generally, while fome adhc 
to the extremities of the joint, other detached pieces were m- 
termixed with the coarfer loofe particle* m the cavity. 
The quantity found in each bamboo was very inconliderable , 
the produce of the whole twenty-eight reeds, from five to 
feven feet long, not much exceeding two drams. . 
It is remarked by Garzius, that the Tabartieer is not oun 
in all bamboos, nor in all the branches indifcrimmately ; bu 
only in thofe growing about Bifnagur, Batecala, and one pa 
of the Malabar Coaft. 
From the inconfiderable quantity procured from twenty- 
eiaht bamboos, it feems very probable, that, though not a o 
lately confined to certain regions, it may be produced in grea e 
abundance in fome foils than in others; but that, in all region 
where the bamboo grows favourably, fome proportion of he 
drug will be found, however it may vary in qua.ity or qu 
♦ 
“rumphius on this fubjeft refers to Garzius, candidly ac- 
knowledging, that he had not himfelf had opportumUes oj 
making particular enquiry. 1 expea anfwers from Ce 
fome queries fent thither fome time ago ; and, m refped - 
h,va b«e» Informed in a letter A. HydraM, 
from a medical gentleman attending the prefent emb.fly to t. 
Nizam, “ That thongh Tabalheer be in great requeft «JHy- 
