_ 398 Appendix. 
tobacco-chewers, but swallowed together with the substance 
extracted from the plant. Employed in this way, the Coca 
enables the people, whose principal articles of substance 
are maize and potatoes to undergo the toil of cpltivating the 
land, the labour of working the mines, the fatigue of tending 
herds of cattle in the mountains, and other severe exercises. 
In short they find the coca capable of repairing lost vigour, 
of withstanding the ee of ee of opposing the inroads 
of the elements, and of per. ming in short, the function of 
a true ————* elevati eetiie th eee on occasions of trouble 
and inducing a feeseticlness of the ills of life, as is observed 
in the sea on the drink prepared by Helen to refresh 
her gues 
Charmed by that virtuous: draught, th th’ exalted mind, 
All sense of woe ot vers to the’ 
Lib. iv. 
pears, - alee the Coca contains much 
"he gum i has" a bitter | and stimulant 
taste; and the leaves exhale an agreeable s: smell. When 
chewed, the ¢ cota is wire” ine tongue and ps ate, stimu- 
tes the glands, and provokes a copious flow of saliva. 
Thi, with the abundance of gum expressed and swallowed, 
produces a most comfortable operation on the stomach, 
which is nourished and supported’ by the gum. In some 
weakly persons who are not accustomed to its eae the 
nerves are sometimes segs and an agreable slee 
induced. If an 5 pe sit emetae lime, ag example} 
From ne it ap se 
and no resin. © 
with coca ' 
creased. Its eee are Sorsiderediabet = tabi ~ nutritive 
and calming. Hence are explained tie riemoksble ben- 
efits derived from it cae the well Indians. They who are 
oft i is exonli tates 
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