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fit for use." The quantity of this Turpentine produced from each 
tree, is very inconsiderable, in so much that it has been observed that 
four large trees, sixty years old, whose trunks measured five feet in 
circumference, only yielded two pounds nine ounces and six drams; . 
but in the eastern parts of the islands, the names of which this Tur- ta £7 
pentine bears, the trees afford somewhat more, though still so little 3 
as to render it very costly, and on this account it is commonly adul- 
terated, especially with other Turpentines. The best Chio Turpen- s 
tine is generally about the consistence of thick honey, very tenacious, ‘ “ 
clear, and almost transparent; of a white colour, inclining to yellow, 
and a fragrant smell, moderately warm to the taste, but free from 
acrimony atid bitterness. The medicinal and other qualities of the 
Turpentines will be considered together under the os of Pinus. 
See Index. 
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* See Du Hamel, Z. c. p. 308. and Tournefort, Voyage du Levant. t.i.p. 145, 
