254 OSBECK'S VOYAGE. 



to tell me in what manner the camphirc or 

 Tyong-noao of the Chinefe was extra&ed from 

 the wood by boiling ; but as foon as he under- 

 flood that this tree was unknown in my coun- 

 try, I Waited in vain for further information. 

 I defired him to fhew me a branch of it ; but 

 he anfwered that the leaves were already fallen 

 off, and that it was not to be diftinguimed i 

 but what he endeavoured to hide from me may 

 be read in Kampher's Amcen. p« 770. 



Rice (Oryza Sativa) is the daily bread of 

 the Chinefe, and grows in fuch plenty here, 

 that both Europeans and other nations provide 

 themfelves and their countrymen with it at a 

 very low rate. If there is a famine in the 

 country, the people run by thoufands to Can* 

 ton, where they can get their livelihood bet- 

 ter, and may live upon rice groats for two 

 (livers (id.) a day. For on the fea fhore no 

 other grain is in ufe. 



Rhubarb, in the Chinefe language Tay* 

 hoang, is fold the katty at two mefs, and fome- 

 times lefs. If we are to believe the Chinefe, 

 no rhubarb grows about Cant en. But I law 

 in one part of the town quite freih roots dry- 

 ing in the fun ; which therefore could not 



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