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lias been called Oil of Camphor, and of great eftimatlon for 
dical life, but alfo a fpecies of camphor, v/hich is much purer and 
whiter than that kept in the ill ops. 
The fpice, fo well 
bark of the 
to us by the name of Cinnamon, is the 
d thofe plants produce it in the mofl per 
fed ftate, which are about fix or feven years old, but this mull vary 
according to circumflances. Seba fayo, " Thofe v/hich grow in the 
vallies, where the ground is a fine whitifh fand, (and there are many 
fuch vallies in the ifland of Ceylon) will in five years time be fit to 
have the bark taken off. Others, 
Vfet llimy foil, mufl have feven or 
ey are ripe enough.'- And the bark of thofe trees, which ftand 
the contrary, which Hand in a 
ght years time to grow before 
a very dry foil, c 
taile, which Seb 
but 
pofed to th 
fu 
h 
oft 
(( 
the camphor being 
bitteriili 
by the fun 
rays rendered fo .thin and volatile, that it rifes up and mixes with the 
juice of the 
its external 
the trees, s 
The^ bark, wh 
on 
tiie 
fh 
trees, is firft freed of 
d dried in fand 
then cut longitudinally, flripped from 
1 it becomes fit for the market, when 
of a reddiih yellow, or pale rufly 
and curling up into quills 
very light, th 
which are fomewhat tough, and 
of a fibrous texture. It is frequently mixed with cailia, which is 
dillinguifhed from the Cinnamon by its tafte being remarkably flimy. 
of the moil grateful of the aromatics ; of a very 
glowing, but not fiery 
This bark 
frag] 
taile 
fmell, and a moderately pung 
panied with confiderable fweetnefs, and fome deg 
of 
allringency. Its aromatic qualities are extracted by water in infuiion 
but more powerfully by it in diilillation, and in both ways alfo by c 
proof fpirit applied. Cinnamon is a very elegant and ufeful aromatic 
more grateful both to the palate and ilomach than moil other fub- 
H 
of th 
clafs 
by 
aflri 
rates the vifcera, and proves of g 
ent quality, it likcwife corrobo- 
rice in feveral kinds of 
fer 
alvine flu 
and immoderate difcharges from the uterus. 
The 
aromatic principle is an effential oil, which is obtained by diflilling 
^ ^^ If you tafte the Inner membrane of the bark when frefli taken off, you will find 
it of moft exquifite fweetnefs, whereas the outward part of the bark differs but very 
little in tafte from the common trees ; but in drying, the oily and agreeable fweetnefs 
communicates and difFufes itfelf throughout the whole outward part.'" Seba I. c. 
No, 6. 
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