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quantity of it is feiu to the neighbouring 

 parts. 



They had fet a plant unknown to me, call- 

 ed Fockyong, not unlike mint, but with paler 

 leaves ; it was planted on broad beds in rows, 

 and it was a foot high in March. The culture 

 feemed very tedious ; for on account of the 

 heat it had been fown in the cold feafon, and 

 was at that time quite furrounded with mats. 

 They valued this plant very highly, and fold 

 a pekul of it for 50 tel. They pretended 

 that it was of exceeding great fervice in con- 

 fumptions. 



The greater and lefs Talma Chrijii (the lefs 

 in particular, Ricinus) were planted every 

 where, without any order, in the gardens at 

 Aynam. The kernels being preffed, afford a 

 white clear oil in plenty, which they deprived 

 of its fatnefs by minium, quick lime, and vitrio- 

 lic earth, and boiled it into varnifh, which 

 when laid on, dries foon and gives a line 

 glofs. 



Instead of cabbage, they ufed a plant 

 with great coarfe leaves, like thofe of bur- 

 deck, all iffuing out of a little root. The 

 5 yellow 



