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whitilh mofi: the infidc is of a ycllowifh rcddilh or 

 nifty iroa colour. The bctl fi.it breaks clofc and (mouth, 

 Ud proves friable betwixt tlic teeth : ihc inferior kinds 

 appear when broken oi" a woody texture, ami in chew- 

 inj; feparate into fibres. The former pulverizes more 

 cafily than the latter, anil looks, when powdered, of a 

 lighl-browniih colour, rcfimbling that ot i is 

 ibmewhat paler. Ii lias a flight fmcll, approaching as it 

 wen to muitiiufi,, yet fo much of the aromatic kind as 

 not to be dilagreeablc. Its taitc is GODfidenbly bitter. 

 . ■ cry durable in the mouth, ami accompanied 

 with fimie degree of aromatic warmth, but not iumcicnt 

 to prevent its being ungrateful *•" 



Be fides thil Bark, that of farm) other fpecies of Cin- 

 chona have been recommended for medical ufeby differ- 

 . i peiially the Cortex pcruvianus ruber, or red 

 tbtt of the Cinchona caribxa,or the Jamaica 

 Bark I that of Cinchona ftoribunda produced at St. Lucie ; 

 and that of two or three other fpctict diliuvcrcd at Santa 

 Fc. Tlic liril of thefc " is in much larger and thicker 

 pieces than tlic common ; moil of the pieces arc concave, 

 though not rolled together like the quilled Bark. They 

 break ihort, like the belt common Bark, ami appear evi- 

 dently conipofol of three layers. The outer is thin, 

 equently covered with a molly Jubilance, and 

 of a rckliih-bro'Uicoloui. The middle is thicker, more 



