An old Opium Smoker gave the following opinion of the same specimens—
No. 1. Good.
No. 2. Not very good.
No. 3. Same as No. 1.
No. 4. Fairly good, but not so good as Nos. 1 and 3.
Second series of experiments-
No. 1. Opium Farm prepared Opium, which by assay contained 7 per cent of Morphia. No. 2. No. 1 with 15 per cent of Morphia added.
No. 3. No. 1 with 25 per cent of Morphia added.
No. 4. Prepared Opium minus Morphia.
The Opium Expert reports as follows-
No. 1. The appearance is coarse, and when burned it becomes black and hard. It is Bengal drug but not pure. It is mixed with some other stuff and has no taste.
No. 2. Burns very quickly and has no taste or smell of Opium at all. Color red and coarse, when burned gives out plenty of smoke, and leaves simply ash and not Opium to smoke.
No. 3. Just like No. 2, only a shade better.
No. 4. When applied to the lamp burns just like Opium, but in a moment it burns quite black, and the dross leaves a bad smell; when burning gives out strong smoke.
The Old Opium Smoker reports-
No. 1. Very good.
No. 2. Same as No. 1.
No. 3. Not good.
No. 4. Same as No. 1.
Now the Expert who condemns the Opium Farmer's Opium as being adulterated, says No. 4 in first series and No. 2 in second series contain no Opium. How surprised his friends would have been if he had eaten some of it!
No. 3 in first series, contains Opium and
No. 4 in second series contains none.
No. 2 in first series is not Opium.
No. 4 in second series burns like Opium.
The value of his opinions is amply demonstrated. He condemns the Opium belonging to his Firm as being adulterated, which he most decidedly would not have done had he known what it was, and that alone is sufficient to render his opinion worthless.
The old Opium Smoker says-
No. 1 in the first series is good.
No. 1 in the second series is very good.
These are both specimens of the Opium Farmer's Opium untouched.
No. 2 in first series is not very good, but
No. 4 in second series is very good.
From these two specimens all the Morphia has been abstracted.
No. 3 in first series is good.
No. 2 in second series is very good.
These two specimens contain respectively 10 and 15 per cent of Morphia added.
No. 4 in first series is fairly good, but
No. 3 in second series is not good.
These contain respectively 20 and 25 per cent of Morphia added.
The Opium Smoker's opinion is that the Opium Farmer's Opium is good in one case and very good in the other.
The Opium with no Morphia in it is not very good in the first case, but very good in the other. The Opium with 10 per cent of Morphia added is good, with 15 per cent added very good, with 20 per cent added is fairly good, and with 25 per cent is not good.
Only the last specimen of the series is condemned as not good; the rest were all smokeable mixtures.
It is evident from this that he is as well contented with that having the Morphia in it, as that with the Morphia abstracted, or with three specimens of that having Morphia added.
An old Opium Smoker gave the following opinion of the same specimens—
No. 1. Good.
No. 2. Not very good.
No. 3. Same as No. 1.
No. 4. Fairly good, but not so good as Nos. 1 and 3.
Second series of experiments-
No. 1. Opium Farm prepared Opium, which by assay contained 7 per cent of Morphia. No. 2. No. 1 with 15 per cent of Morphia added.
No. 3. No. 1 with 25 per cent of Morphia added.
No. 4. Prepared Opium minus Morphia.
The Opium Expert reports as follows-
No. 1. The appearance is coarse, and when burned it becomes black and hard. It is Bengal
drug but not pure. It is mixed with some other stuff and has no taste.
No. 2. Burns very quickly and has no taste or smell of Opium at all. Color red and coarse, when burned gives out plenty of smoke, and leaves simply ash and not Opium to smoke. No. 3. Just like No. 2, only a shade better.
No. 4. When applied to the lamp burns just like Opium, but in a moment it burns quite
black, and the dross leaves a bad smell; when burning gives out strong smoke.
The Old Opium Smoker reports-
No. 1. Very good.
No. 2. Same as No. 1.
No. 3. Not good.
No. 4. Same as No. 1.
Now the Expert who condemns the Opium Farmer's Opium as being adulterated, says No. 4 in first series and No. 2 in second series contain no Opium. How surprised his friends would have been if he had eaten some of it!
No. 3 in first series, contains Opium and
No. 4 in second series contains none.
No. 2 in first series is not Opium.
No. 4 in second series burns like Opium.
The value of his opinions is amply demonstrated. He condemns the Opium belonging to his Firm as being adulterated, which he most decidedly would not have done had he known what it was, and that alone is sufficient to render his opinion worthless.
The old Opium Smoker says-
No. 1 in the first series is good.
No. 1 in the second series is very good.
These are both specimens of the Opium Farmer's Opium untouched.
No. 2 in first series is not very good, but
No. 4 in second series is very good.
From these two specimens all the Morphia has been abstracted.
No. 3 in first series is good.
No. 2 in second series is very good.
These two specimens contain respectively 10 and 15 per cent of Morphia added.
No. 4 in first series is fairly good, but
No. 3 in second series is not good.
These contain respectively 20 and 25 per cent of Morphia added.
The Opium Smoker's opinion is that the Opium Farmer's Opium is good in one case and very good in the other.
The Opium with no Morphia in it is not very good in the first case, but very good in the other. The Opium with 10 per cent of Morphia added is good, with 15 per cent added very good, with 20 per cent added is fairly good, and with 25 per cent is not good.
Only the last specimen of the series is condemned as not good; the rest were all smokeable
mixtures.
It is evident from this that he is as well contented with that having the Morphia in it, as that with the Morphia abstracted, or with three specimens of that having Morphia added.
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