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Show e ett ed General Defcription o 26 Licium Whe they ufe jt th ~ R.‘-" chew firft a little Areca, and prefently after a Leaf of the Betel 5 which, aftér it chewed a while, yields a Juyce or'Sap, blood-red, which they {pit out.(This isonl of the three things whereof the Chinefes have made a Proverb of the Provinc o Quantung, that there are three unufual things there : The Air without Spoy t Trees always green, and the People chewing of Betel, which makes their fl:itt] or fome other Spice pleafant Ingredient to make it agreeable to the Palate TR A Musk ever they make any Vifits, they treat one another with Betel, mingled with fo A Capbur de Burneo, Aloes prepared, it proves pleafant, and makes a very {weet breath In fome plac thefe Leaves are {old very dear, by reafon of their frequent ufe; fomhee Ra e red. ) Afcer the red Juyce follows another, which they {wallow down. - The ], dians believe that 1t 18good to preferve their teeth, and firengthen the flomac The Leaves are hot and dry in the fecond degree Some efteem the ripe Leave the beft ; othersthe dry ones, becaufe theymake the greateft noife when they ar chew'd: yetnotwithftanding this general cuftom, at fome certain times, - to wi ~ when their near Relations are dead, or upon fome Holy-days, they forbea 4 chewing thefe Leaves V 2 P "" TREES. AT ( ~'_ S };'; [0 b i w e T n r f a f e n w r v o g i C o e a p m In f r h o b e T gF a d I t e l c i g F k l u f a b i e {fo o t b e t o u f r f w i u c give it the name of the Tree of Goa, b s o g e T i T n l I a t o u a of Enrope,and grows no where {fowe i l th o f o a u r e c a b i a r { a d b i m it t w very hig ve t t n h a r a w d i n h i w s n r f i t l t l e o p e branc g i ( th e n m i t i a s e T u y b ground, {o take Root, and grow t o k b t r h r v a r will grow fometimestill they become a l d B t o e k i t t b l o b t whichis the Mother of all thefe Off-f b h I t i o t f o n c which frequentlyis fo thick, that three m l o g rd u t a a a c e t e T i t u r tants will make a paffage t o e f l f e t t e f t e a n p i e n c k m f a t o and fmalleft f it o o a r b it c e p t l a n a a b o the heat of the Sun, w growth: neither is that all fo man times it may be {een of do greaf 3 cxten |