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in the culture and drying of the latter; becaufe there may 
be as much difference between thefe two plants, fo like to 
each other, as between the goats of France and thofe of 
Angora. 
It is probable, alfo, that the fuperiority of the ali-zari over 
miadder may arife only from its ftem being tenderer, and by 
its confequently having a greater difpatition to transform it- 
felf into fucculent roots. In that cafe, feveral of our indige- 
nous plants of the family of the rudie might be fubftituted 
“in its place with advantaze; fuch as the gallium luteum and 
gallium fiore albo, found in abundance on the hills of Poitou, 
and the madder, which grows on both fides of the Alps, and 
which has been diftinguifhed by the name of rubia levis 
-Tourinenfium. All thefe ‘plants give a red as beautiful and 
as pure as the belt madder; but I do not know whether the 
quantity of their colouring matter is equal to their beautiful 
quality. 
The chief manufactories for dyeing fpun cotton red, efta- 
blifhed in Greece, are in Theflaly. There are fome at Baba, 
Rapfani, Tournavos, Lariffa, Pharfalia, and in all the vil- 
lages fituated on the fides of Offa and Pelion. Thefe two 
- mountains may be confidered as the alembics that diftil the 
eternal vapours with which Olympus is crowned, and which 
_diftribute them throughout the beautiful valleys fituated 
around them. Of thefe valleys, that of Tempe has at all 
times been diftinguifhed by the beauty of its fhady groves 
‘and of its ftreams. Thefe fireams, on account of their lim- 
pidnefs, aré very proper for dyeing, and fupply water to a 
great number of manufactories, the moft celebrated of which 
are thofe of Ambelakia. 
Ambelakia, on account of the aétivity which prevails in it, 
. has a greater refemblance to a town of Holland than a vil- 
Jage of Turkey. This village, by its induftry, communicates 
_ life and aétivity to all the neighbouring country, and gives 
birth to an immenfe trade, which conneéts Germany with 
| ; Greece in a thoufand ways. Its population, which has been 
tripled within thefe fifteen years, amounts at prefent to 4900, 
_,and all thefe people exift by dyeing. None of thofe vices or 
_ cares produced by idlenefs are known. here. The hearts of 
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