EOSINOPHILIA IN BILHARZIA DISEASE AND DRACONTIASIS 61 that two of thorn woro associated with native vondors of drugs, and that tho whole stock-in-trade of these worthies, varying from Galena to santal oil, was sent to the laboratories for analysis along with the organs of the deceased. Their drugs are, as a rule, harmless, but it is gratifying to know that the new sanitary regulations will deal with such gentry and so prevent much unnecessary work in the laboratories. An opinion had to be given regarding blood stains (c) in a case of suspected murder, while the plant analysis mentioned (d) was that of “ Kusub/’ the product left after the extraction of sim-sim (sesame) oil from the sesame orientate. The result obtained bore out Mr. Fitzgerald’s 1 statement that it is an excellent food % working bullocks, being employed largely as such in India under the name of “ gingelly-poonac.”

The sample was of the following composition :— Water . . . . . . . . . . . . 7*70 Ash . . . . . . . . . . . . 8*80 Fat .11-07 Starch as sugar . . . . . . . . . . 11-97 Total starch (by difference) . . . . . . 26*43 Albuminoids . . . . . . . . . . 34*50 Crude Fibre . . . . . . . . . . 11*50 111*97 Less starch as sugar . . . . . . . . 11*97 100*00 The soil analyses were in connection with the disposal of sewage in Khartoum, and interesting from that standpoint. Thus virgin desert sand gave the following results : — Moisture Organic matter as Nitrogen Free Ammonia . . Fixed Ammonia *8 per cent. *0329 grams per cent. *00085 *039 y> v v v while soil from a sewage trench in the desert which had not been employed as such for a period of eight months, yielded these figures :— Moisture (air-dried sample) Organic matter as Nitrogen Free Ammonia . . Fixed Ammonia ~ (Sand Composition 1*44 per cent.

* 1916 grams per cent.

*665 „ „ *232 „ „ 91*15 per cent.

1*85 V V V 1 Report on the Improvement and Possible Development of the Cultivable Products of the Sudan. W. W. A, Fitzgerald, 1902 Regulation of the sale of drugs Value of “ Kusub " Soil analyses