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???roma, and strong, agreeable taste of the nut. In
No. 56 sugar is the predominant feature, amounting
???o as much as 45 per cent. The actual cacao may
???amount to 25 per cent. Arrowroot is largely
???admixed, and so it makes up into a thick paste with
???hot water, which may be admired by those who do
???not know the pleasant taste and nutritious character
????of the genuine article. As this cacao was sold as
???a mixture, nothing more need be said than that is
???advisable to learn to mix for oneself. But I have no
???hesitation in saying that it is a mistake to suppose
???these admixtures cheap.
A sample of Pickled Walnuts was good. But
the same remark could not be made of a Sweetmeat.
These were round like marbles, varying in
color, so much so that each would really require a
separate analysis. The brown ones were colored
with no less than 1.34 per cent. of oxide of iron or
ochre. There was no injurious metallic or other
contamination ; they were simply nasty, and I
should hope would not commend themselves to
Children.
Only one drug has been analysed—a Cod-liver
Oil, of good quality.