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The other sample, which represented the quality of the 
greater part of the crop, extracted daring more favorable 
weather, contained 9*5 of water per cent., and gave 4-94 of 
morphia \ hy reducing its proportion of water to 7*6, in or- 
der to establish the comparison between the product of 
1843, it is found that it represents 5-10 of pure morphia 
per cent., that is to say rather more than the opium in the 
foregoing crop. 
Thus the opium obtained this time in a more extended 
culture is evidently superior in quality to the products exa- 
mined last year. 
This result, therefore, appears to confirm the hopes which 
we had conceived relative to the possibility of obtaining in 
Algiers opium of good and uniform quality. 
The second important product of the same crop consists 
in the oil which is easily extracted from the seeds after the 
opium has been collected. 
Profiting by the assistance of M. Tripier, director of the 
Pharmacy of Algiers, M. Hardy proved that the poppy 
seed gave 45 per cent, of oil, the greater part of which 
flowed out without heat and is comestible. 
The seeds which have been sent to us gave 42.6 of oil, 
that is to say, 2*4 per cent, less than the quantity obtained 
by M. Tripier. Probably, the difference observed was 
owing to some alteration during the voyage. The sample 
of oil received from Algiers is like the oil of oeilette, and 
slightly more coloured than those of the north of France. 
The more extended culture made last year permitted the 
verification and completion of the instructions communica- 
ted in 1843, by the care of M. Liataud. 
The following is a summary of the favorable conditions 
deduced from the latest observations. It requires a soft 
light substantial soil, particularly well permeable to water. 
If it retained the latter, the root of the poppy, which is 
large, fleshy, and soft, would very soon be destroyed. The 
soils which appear preferable are those in which sand pre- 
