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Allahabad majum was a whitish soft mass of peculiar ghee-like odour, and containing
vegetable debris similar to that from ganja. It contained 4 per cent. of ghee and 1.3 per cent.
of vegetable matter insoluble in water. There was no trace of alkaloid present.

Benares majum was in cakes of the same colour and odour, and was nearly pure sugar.
It contained 1.4 per cent. of fat, and 1 per cent. of leafy portions; no foreign seeds were
discovered and no alkaloid could be detected.

Bombay majum was in the form of yellow-coloured cakes flavoured with spice, and with
very little ganja. It contained 4.9 per cent. of ghee soluble in ether, and 2.7 per cent. of
brown vegetable matter referable to cloves, cassia and saffron. No alkaloid was present.

Amballa majum was in opaque white masses with a slight greenish tinge and odour of
ghee. It contained 7.3 per cent. of ghee soluble in ether, and no vegetable structures of a
green colour as in other samples. No alkaloid was found.

Hyderabad majum was in the form of square cakes covered on one side with silvered paper.
One kind was white and contained 2.3 per cent. of ghee, the other was coloured yellow with
saffron and contained only 1.2 per cent. No seeds or vegetable structures were observed.
This had been doubtless strained through a cloth before being boiled down. With these
samples came a mixture, wrapped up in a leaf, of powdered raisins and white sugar. When this
was examined, several other substances were found, such as pieces of almonds, seeds of various
kinds, stamens of some plant, some cereal grains and spice. The little black seeds were further
examined microscopically and were found to consist of two kinds, one with three angles,
probably from a polygonaceous plant, and the others were, in very small quantity, the seeds
of dhatura. This is the only sample in which I have found dhatura seed present.

Coimbatore, Ootacamund and Tanjore majums were black soft masses of a liquorice-like
odour and sweet taste. An analysis was not attempted of either sample, but they were each
broken down with water, and among the insoluble portion a search was made for dhatura
seeds, nux vomica, etc., but without success. The amount of leafy organs, such as would come
from the ganja, was in a very small proportion. In Ootacamund there is a black majum used
for adults, and a white kind given to children, but as sold in the ganja-shop they are not very
powerful preparations.

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