The treasury of botany: a popular dictionary of the vegetable kingdom; with which is incorporated a glossary of botanical terms . aSurg al 38fltang. 214 qualities. The dried plant, or portions ofit, are sold in the bazaars of India underthe name of Gunjah and Bhang, while theresin itself is known as Churras. Thisresin is collected during the hot season inthe following singular nanner :—Men cladin leathern dresses run through the hempfields, brushing through the plants withall possible violence; the soft resin adheresto the leather, and is subsequently scrapedoff and kneaded into balls. In Nepa
The treasury of botany: a popular dictionary of the vegetable kingdom; with which is incorporated a glossary of botanical terms . aSurg al 38fltang. 214 qualities. The dried plant, or portions ofit, are sold in the bazaars of India underthe name of Gunjah and Bhang, while theresin itself is known as Churras. Thisresin is collected during the hot season inthe following singular nanner :—Men cladin leathern dresses run through the hempfields, brushing through the plants withall possible violence; the soft resin adheresto the leather, and is subsequently scrapedoff and kneaded into balls. In Nepal, ac-cording to Dr. McKinnon, the leathernattire is dispensed with, and the resin isgathered on the skin of the naked coolies!Gunjah is smoked like tobacco; Bhang isnot smoked, but pounded with water intoa pulp, so as to make a drink: both arestimulant and intoxicating ; but the Chur-rus or resin possesses much more powerfulproperties. In small quantities it producespleasant excitement, which passes intodelirium and catalepsy if the quantity beincreased ; if still continued a peculiarform of insanity is produced. Many of. Cannabis sativa. the Asiatics are passionately addicted tothe use of this means of intoxication, asthe names given to the hemp show —leafof delusion, increaser of pleasure, ce-menter of friendship, &c. &c. A recenttraveller in East Africa, Capt. Burton,describes this plant as growing beforeevery cottage door. The Arabs smoke thesun-dried leaf with, and the Africanswithout, tobacco, in huge pipes. It pro-duces a violent cough ending in a kind ofscream after a few long puffs, when thesmoke is inhaled, and if one man sets theexample the others are sure to follow grotesque sounds are probably notwholly natural. Even the boys may beheard practising them as an announcement to the public that the fast youths aresmoking Bhang. [M. T. MJ The Hemp plant is an annual, growingin ordinary situations from four to tenfeet high, but in Italy under very favour-ab
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