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This valuable tree is defcribcd by BonUus^ p. 115, of his Hifloria 

 Naturalis Ind. Orient, who iiQiers in his defcription with thefe 

 lines, 



* Cedant Hefperii longe hinc, mala aurea fruftus, 

 Ambrofia pafcit Mangojiam, et neflare, divos. 



Laurence Garcin^ a phyfician, firft gave a fcientifical ac- 

 count of it, and was honored by LinnauSi in having his name 

 given to the genus. A full tranflation of Garcin's defcription 

 (with the plate) is publifhed in vol. viii. p. 755, of Martyrf?, 

 abridgment of our Tranfaftions. In the Herbarium Amboi- 

 nenje t, is a very good defcription, and in plate xliii an excel- ' 

 lent figure of the fame tree. Every voyager who has vifited 

 the places of the growth of this delicious fruit, is full of its 

 praifes. 



I NOW return to the coaft. The kingdom of Siam recom- Upper Siam; 

 mences on this fide near Sangora, exactly opposite to its limits 

 on the bay of Bengal. The town ftands on a large river, and 

 has fome commerce in tin, ivory, aloe-wood, and coarfe gold. 

 Ligore^ about twelve leagues to the north, is a very commer- Lioore. 

 cial town, and its neighborhood produces abundance of tin and 

 of elephants teeth. It is feated a few miles up the river, and 

 built of bamboo, thatched with reeds ; the pagodas have lofty 

 fleeples in form of pyramids. The Dutch have or had here a 

 fadtory ; their houfes ftand a league within the mouth of the 

 river, and are built v.'ith brick. The road for fliipping is two 

 leagues at fea. 



* J. B. Bontius, 1. ^ c. 27. ■}■ Vol, i. p. 13a. 



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