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Tea.—In Mexico and Guatimala, the 
leaves of the Psoralea Glandulosa are used 
for tea. Tn” New Grenada,. the Alstonia 
Thee formis or Symp. locos affords a tea,, not 
inferior to that ‘of hina. Further to. the 
viorth of thé same ‘continent, a yery whole- 
some’tea is made from the leaves of the 
Gualteria Procumbens and the Ledum 
Latifolium, which is usually called Labra- 
dor tea; and was made known by the late 
Sir J. Banks. Paraguay, however, fur- 
nishes the most famous of American teas. 
It is made by merely pouring warm water 
upon’ the leaves, when it is sipped, through 
a $mall’ silver or glass tube, from a vessel 
called a Mat? Pot, suspended from the neck 
by a light chain. “It is frequently mixed 
with a ‘little lemon juice—used with or 
without sugar, and is preferred to the 
Chinese drug by many European travellers. 
It is the more remarkable, being the pro- 
duce of a kind of holly (generally consider- 
ei deleterious) growing to about the size of 
the orange-tree,,.to, which it bears consi- 
derable resemblance in leaf and habit : its 
flowers are white and tetrandrus, and suc- 
ceeded, like those of common holly, by 
scarlet berries. The leaves, fresh or dried, 
are without smell; but, warm water being 
poured on them, they exhale an agreeable 
odour. “In New Holland, Correa Alba 
produces avery good tea. The inhabitants 
of the Kurile Islands, in the Kamtschatkan 
sea, prepare tea from an undescribed species 
of Pedicularis. It is needless to notice all 
a3 aromatic Labiate, used forteain different 
countries: the object being to show that the 
plants made use of in producing this beve- 
rage, are nearly as v arious and remote as the 
countries in, which they are used. However, 
while onthe subject of teas, it may be interest- 
ing and useful to observe that, generally, those 
which may be arranged under the appel- 
lation of common black China tea, consist 
chiefly of the old leaves of the Thea Viridis, 
mixed with those of the Camellia Sasan- 
qua, or Oleifera, and sometimes fragments 
of the leaves of the Olea Fragrans; and 
that the finest teas, whether green or black, 
appear to be produced by the Thea Bohea: 
the quality and colour depending solely on 
the age of the leaves, and the mode of pre- 
paring them. Long attention to the sub- 
ject (a writer in Jam. Ed. Ph. Jour. states) 
has not enabled him to detect, in teas, said 
to be adulterated, either willow or sloe 
leayes, or any thing else of British growth. 
Probably the leaves of the species of Ca- 
mellia, before mentioned, may have been 
taken for sloe leaves. 
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. Our readers are acquainted the dig- 
covery made some time) back) in. iygland, 
of cayerns containing the, bones of,,hyenas, 
tigers, and. yarious other, animals. Db Sinai- 
lar interesting, diseoyery. has. madesin 
France ;—a, cayern, full. of fossil bones, <be> 
longing, to..a great, number of species, das 
been recently, found; jn the, neighbourhood 
of Lunel-Vieil, near; Montpellier...7-A Ho= 
tice on this subject chas ,been, addressed) to 
the Royal..Academy.,of Sciences;pby Ms 
Marcel de. Serres, of which, th following 
is the substance, ‘Lhe,cayernasyin astra 
tum of limestone, and: contains), the | re~ 
mains of a multitude .of quadrupeds, | 
carnivorous, and, herbiyorous, several.,of 
which have never before, beenamet. with i ia, 
a fossil state;,, amongst, the, olatter: ithe 
bones of the camel, are-partieul: remark; 
able. Judging from. some, of, the ,remains. 
of the lions and tigers foundin this.collec- 
tion, the animals. to. which, they, belonged, 
must have considerably exceeded. in. size, 
and force the lions. and, tigers OF. the, pres 
sent day. There are other remains of these 
animals, the proportions. of which.are simi-, 
lar to those of the present. xraee..,.With, 
these Jatter are found mixed; the bones of 
hyenas, panthers, wolves, foxes and bears 5, 
and what is yery remarkable, these, remails, 
of carnivorous animals. are, mingled .con¢, 
fusedly with an immense quantity, of the 
bones of herbivorous quadrupeds,, amongst’ 
which M. Magcel. de Serre was-.able. to, 
distinguish the hippopotamus, wild. boars: 
of an immense size, peccaris,-horses, camels,, 
seyeral species of the deer,and. elk, kind,, 
sheep, oxen, and even. rabbits and :rats. 
A singular peculiarity, presented, by, this: 
collection of animal, remains, is, that, the 
position in which the bones.are-found |does, 
not correspond with their distribution.in. the: 
skeleton, or with the habitudesiof the: anim 
mal; for close to the jaw-boney.of, a carni-~, 
vorous quadruped may, be frequently,found, 
the thigh-bones. of, an), herbivorous o one. 
In fact, the whole are:so confusedly heaped 
together, that it is very. rare;to aha, 
bones of the same. eae ec even of the, 
same species, lying together.; heck atone 
bones, discovered in. this cayern,,are 
ded in an alluvial, soil,; which)\¢on or 
great quantity. of roynded (pebbles: aceite! 
cumstance that would,lead. .to,the,supposiz; 
tion that. they. had. been, orted: 
thither by the. waters. ,(; Alks the jnbones: 
found in this, cavern contain emimal meth 
ter;. and, what is, rather-singulay thee 
in which they, are, imbedded,con i 
more animal matter than, the:benesy 
selves... For further,,infonmation( jon pthis- 
interesting dieaverrn are asteloolhaa fo 
Marcel Serre’s (next. ceadaa at tio 
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