ON THE HADSHY OF THE TURKS. 
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grm. of each was decomposed by a gentle heat, and the de- 
composition assisted by adding several times a few drops- 
of nitric acid. That prepared by M. Soubeiran left 0.393, 
and the three others 0.392, 0.335, 0.380. The mean of 
these four quantities is 38.75 which represent 26.86 per 
cent, iron, which require 52. 5£ chlorine to form sesquichlo- 
ride. 1 00 parts of the chloride consist therefore of — 
Iron 26.86 
Chloride • - - - - 52.58 
Water 20.56 
100.00 
This chloride contains about one-fifth of its weight of 
water, or somewhat less than 5 atoms which require 21.9 
percent. It corresponds to the hydrate with 5 atoms of 
water of M. Fritzsche. 
The process which I propose has therefore the great ad- 
vantage of affording an entirely soluble chloride of a con- 
stant composition, and susceptible of long preservation, 
which hitherto had not been attained. — London Chem. 
Gaz. from Journ.. de Pharm. 
ART. XXXV. — ON THE HADSHY OF THE TURKS. 
By M. Landerer. 
This beverage is derived from Cannabis sativa. The 
relations of climate however produce a far more considera- 
ble developement of the narcotic principle. 
The mode of preparing the hadshy is as follows : — When 
the hemp plants have blossomed, and have begun to form 
fruit, the delicate shoots, leaves and unripe fruit are pressed, 
