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ON THE HADSHY OF THE TURKS. 
and set into vinous fermentation by means of a syrup from 
sweet fruits, or rather are thrown into the fermenting liquid. 
The fermented liquid is poured into flasks, and frequently 
colored red with Coccus Cacti or Coccus Ilicis, and then 
used as a spirit. 
Another kind of hadshy occurs in the form of an elec- 
tuarium, which has very quick but transitory action on the 
human frame. 
It is prepared in the following manner : — Dates, figs, cur- 
rants and other sweet fruits are pressed to a paste, mixed 
with fresh hemp aud poppy-leaves, and formed into balls, 
which are moistened from time to time with spirits, and pre- 
served in a cool place until they diffuse a strong narcotic 
odor, which already produces intoxicating effects. This 
mass is now boiled with butter and oil of sesamum, and 
the products strained from the residue, poured into tin 
forms, and placed aside to cool. This is the hadshy of 
the Arabs, such as is sold in the bazaars of Cairo. It 
has a greenish-yellow color, a very rancid taste ? and is 
void of smell. 
M. Landerer digested a portion of this hadshy with dilute 
muriatic acid, and another portion with absolute alcohol. 
The liquids obtained were yellowish-green, and possessed a 
very bitter taste. The acid liquid gave voluminous precipi- 
tates with alkalies and likewise with tannic acid, which 
were of a very bitter taste. A concentrated solution of 
this substance rubbed on the eyelid of a cat, produces in a 
few minutes a very perceptible dilatation of the pupil ; it has 
likewise the same effect on the human eye. When the had- 
shy is mixed with water and submitted to distillation, the 
product obtained has a somewhat bitter taste and a faint 
odor of herbs. It may be drunk without producing any 
ill consequences. — London Chem. Gaz. from Buck. Rep. 
