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thigh,  for  the  ambulances  were  still  in  the  rear ;  the  shop  was 
deserted,  but  we  espied  the  eye  of  the  proprietor  glistening 
through  the  gratings  of  a  dark  cellar  where  he  had  hid  himself ; 
there  was  still  desultory  firing  on  the  left  upon  the  retreating 
Austrians,  who  had  evacuated  the  town,  chased  at  the  point  of 
the  bayonet  by  the  impetuous  Zouaves.  Although  assured 
everything  was  safe,  entreaty  failed  to  tempt  him  from  his 
hiding-place  until  a  Sardinian  regiment  marched  past ;  he  open- 
ed his  shop,  and  to  our  astonishment  no  ammonia  was  to  be 
found,  its  use  had  not  penetrated  so  far  from  the  capital ;  but 
a  collection  of  Jew's-harps  and  fishing-rods,  loaves  of 
sugar  and  lamp  wicks,  seemed  to  banish  every  suspicion  that  it 
was  a  pharmacy. 
Once  more  at  Genoa,  I  took  the  good  ship  Dante  to  Nice, 
where  a  vast  influx  of  strangers  has  given  an  impulse  to 
every  branch  of  industry,  and  which  boasts  of  three  of  the  hand- 
somest pharmacies  in  Europe — Pauliau's,  Ferrara's,  and  Mussi's, 
the  latter  of  which  I  have  the  honor  to  manage. — London 
Pharm.  Journ.  August,  1860. 
PROXIMATE  ANALYSIS  OF  "KAMALA." 
By  G.  Leube,  Jr. 
While  experimenting  with  kamala,  the  author  obtained  28-85 
per  ct.  of  ashes,  which  differs  so  materially  from  Anderson's 
results  of  3-84  per  ct.,  that  the  analysis  of  the  latter  (Ph.  Journ. 
and  Trans,  xvii.  495)  appeared  doubtful.  Mr.  Leube  under- 
took an  analysis,  the  results  of  which  are  contained  in  the  fol- 
lowing : — 
Fifty  grms.  were  displaced  with  ether  ;  the  dry  residue 
weighed  26-850  grms.;  on  evaporating  the  red  liquid  it  retained 
its  clearness  and  left  a  resin,  which  was  boiled  with  water.  The 
filtrate  from  this  had  a  yellowish  color  and  an  acid  reaction,  and 
contained  some  sulphate  of  lime,  but  no  ammonia.  Acetate  of 
lead  caused  a  precipitate,  and  by  the  subsequent  neutralization  of 
the  acid  liquid  with  ammonia,  a  little  resin,  and  the  lead  salts  of 
citric  acid  and  of  a  tannic  acid,  which  yielded  with  sesqui- 
chloride  of  iron  a  green  brown  precipitate,  were  thrown  down. 
