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delicious flavor of this aromatic, we see to what great ex- 
tent it might be used in the preparation of fatty aliments, 
if its price was moderate and certain. The sweetness of 
its perfume is a great recommendation to its employment 
by chemists, for the purpose of counteracting the rancidity 
of pomades. — Pharmaceutical Journal for December, from 
Journal de Pharmacie. 
ART. XLI V , — ANALYSIS OF CALIFORNIAN GOLD. 
By F. Oswald. 
This sample obtained from London consisted of small 
grains weighing respectively 48, 30, 24 and 18 grs., mixed 
with a fine ferruginous sand containing some iron spangles 
and a few particles of sulphuret of lead. 
The gold itself had a very high color; a fine streak like 
the finest ducat gold ; a dirty dull appearance, arising from 
brownish-red peroxide of iron, alumina, silica and calcareous 
sediment, which could be removed partially by digestion in 
sulphuric acid. The specific gravity of the pure pieces 
was 17-4. They consisted in 100 parts of — 
Gold 
Silver 
87-6 
8-/ 
T. H. Henry found 
Gold 88-75 
Silver 888 
Copper and iron 0*85 
Siliceous residue 1-40 
Lime ) [> 
Silica [ 2.0 | 
Moisture ) J 
Y*1 
100-0 
and a small loss. 
