On damaged Mace, commonly called xvhite Mace ; the cauje from 

 tahence this defeat arifes, Jhezvn to be oji infedl ivhich feeds on the 

 internal parts of the Mace, with a particular defcription of that' 

 infe£i j and fome farther account of the Nutmeg. 



Upon hearing formerly, mention made of that fort of Mace 

 which is denominated white Mace, I merely thought, that it was not 

 fo good either in flavour or virtue as the reddifli-coloured Mace, and 

 the rather, as I long ago heard that a certain phyhcian had the art to 

 eive the white Mace the fame colour as the beft ; but havincr been 

 fmce informed that this white Mace had fo little virtue, that it was 

 Ibrted from the reft and burnt, and hearing that its inferiority was 

 fuppofed to proceed from fome defe6l or want of nourilhment in the 

 growth of the plant, I had a great defire to examine the nature of 

 this white Mace. 



On converfing upon this fubje(51: w ith one of the Directors of our 

 Eaft India Company, he informed me of the time wlicn the officers 

 at the Company's warehoufe, were employed to fort out the 

 white Mace, and gave me permifhon to go to the warehoufe 

 and fatisfy my curiofity in this refpecL I accordingly attended 

 at the warehoufe, and perceived, not without furprize, that the 

 white Mace was compofed of nothing but thin membranes or fkins, 

 and I alfo obferved a kind of webs, which I concluded had been fputr 

 by fome infedl, wliich webs were fixed to ibme of the Mace, not 

 only tlie found, but alfo the damaged. I brought home with me 

 eight or ten of thefe webs, and found them to be covered in part 



