CHAPTER IX

.——“MASH ALLAH”—THE GIFT.

What is Opium? Indian Cultivation; The Nushtur; Cutting the Capsules; Collecting the Juice; Use of the Refuse; Post; Boosa; Poppy Trash; Pussewah and Lewah; Different Forms of Preparation; Chandu; Its Preparation in Singapore; Singular Workman; Adulterations; Tye and Samshing; Egyptian Conserves; Cordials; Modes of taking Opium; Immense Doses; Opium in the “Fen Country;” The Crow and the Pigeon; Estimate of Opium Consumption 114

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