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It 
" is then received into a 
fmall 
ea 
then bottl 
d every day's pro 
gathered and poured into a larger, which is kept clofely 
The Opobalfa 
when it is re* 
whence it ifiu 
juice flowing from the Balf 
? 
firft 
ived into th 
bottl 
e 
hich 
fe from the wound from 
ur, apparently turbid, in 
of 
air 
that p 
e 
*s, is of a light yellow colour, 
a whitifh caff, which I apprehend are the glob 
yade the whole of it in its firft {late of fermentati 
then appears very light upon making. As it fettles and 
3 
It 
d lofes that milkinefs which it firft had when flowing 
" from the tree into the bottle. It then has the colour of honey, and 
After being kept for 
d of the colour of gold. 
firft 
appears more fixed and heavy than at 
years, it grows of a much deeper yellov 
I have fome of it which I got from the Cadi of Medina in 
it is now ftill deep 
768 
honey, 
tafte, 
pung 
when 
prop 
It 
fmell 
is 
colour, full as much fo a 
fluid, and has loft very liti 
he yelloweft 
either of its 
or weight, 
giving a fenf 
The fmell at firft is violent, and ftrongly 
in to the brain like that of volatile falts 
afhly 
drawn up 
to its frefh 
1 
i) 
J 
an 
incautious 
perfon 
This lafts in 
for, being neglected and the b 
e 
g 
orked, it quickly lofes this quality, as it probably will at laft by 
whatever care is taken of it." c 
The Balfam which one tree yields is very fmall,* and the coUeeling 
ous and tr.oublefome : hence it is fo very fcarce that the 
of it is ted 
Balfam is rarely if ever exported in a commercial way 
4. 
beft Balfam 
ording to Alf 
firft turbid and whi 
Tl 
of 
y ftrong pungent fmell, like that of turpentine, but much fwee 
a 
ftrinp-ent taft 
b 
ems; 
O 
and more fragrant, and of a bitter, acrid 
kept for fome time, it becomes thin, limp 
and then of a gold yellow, after which it grows thick like turpentine, 
ght, of a greenifh h 
and lofes much of its fragrance. Some compare the fmell of this 
L. 
c. 
d 
Lady. Mary Wortley Montague fays,. that even atConft 
difficulty procured. 
P 
* Three or four drops a day are laid to be the uiual quantity obtained irom one 
in that time. See 
branch ; nor does the moft fertile tree ever yield m 
Gerlacbs Tagebuch s. Reife nach Con/iantinopel. p*-22j 
fixty 
Balfanx 
