of the Tabajheer . 
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Weymouth Street, July 16, 1790.. 
FOUR of the feven reeds prefented to the Society on the 
night this Paper was read, being carefully fplit, the contents, 
upon comparing them with the fpecimens fent from India, 
then on the table, were found to agree in all refpe£ts, as well 
as with the defcription of the more recent drug given in the 
above Paper. The fpecimen, N° 3. fent from Hydrabad, and 
reckoned the prime fort, differed fomewhat in hardnefs, as 
mentioned above, from the pureft particles in the Tabafheer 
collected by myfelf; but in the opinion of feveral of the 
Members prefent, who compared them, were the fame 
fubftance with the particles mixed, in a fmall proportion, 
in fome of the other fpecimens, as likewife with a few par- 
ticles taken from the reeds opened in their prefence ; which 
puts it beyond doubt, that the fubftance is produced in the 
cavity of the Bamboo. 
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The feveral fpecimens are now under chemical trial ; and 
the refult of the experiments will, I hope, be communicated 
to the Society. 
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