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Cbinefe find the refemblance of a man, for 

 which reafon they have" given it the afore- 

 mentioned name. It is fomewhat knobby, or 

 as it were in rings ; and fo it is in the infide. 

 It is hard ; and the heavier the better. 



Yan-sam, or, as we commonly foy t Ginfeng t 

 is not allowed to be imported into China, be- 

 caufe it grows wild in that country. Duhalde, 

 m his Defcription of China, Vol. II. fays, that 

 it grows in Tartary from 39 to 49 degrees la- 

 titude ; that it was to be met with in fields 

 furrounded with woods, as alfo in woods on 

 the banks of rivers, on the roots of trees, and 

 near mountains, but was never to be found in 

 vallies, moraffes, and open fields ; and that 

 the Tartars call it Orhota, that is, Captain of 

 the Plants. When Father Jartona undertook 

 to make a map of Tartary, he defcribed this 

 plant ; which is likewife, though feldom, 

 found in Sctchuen. In American is called Ga- 

 rentouges, or human thighs. Notwithstanding 

 the order againft importing it, the Europeans 

 buy that in Spain which comes from America, 

 and import it privately ; but I fear that they 

 get fcarce half what it cods in China. The 

 Cbinefe are of opinion that the Weft Indian. 

 roots of Ginfeng are not fo good as theirs ; for 

 4 that 



