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greedily, and they will be intoxicated. They will 

 swim upon the surface with their belly upward, 

 and may be taken out with the hands. They are 

 not the worse for eating. 



The Codaga Shrub. Codaga pali. 



A LITTLE shrub frequent in the East Indies, 

 and verv beautiful, as well as useful. It grows 

 ten or fifteen feet high ; the branches are brittle, 

 and the wood is white. The leaves are long- and. 

 narrow, not at all notched at the edges, aud of a 

 beautiful green on both sides ; the Mowers are huge 

 and white, and somewhat resemble those of inc rose- 

 bay, or neriun, of which some make ir a kind. 

 Each, flower is succeeded bv two large pods, which 

 are joined at the vnd*. and twist one about the 

 other ; they are foil of a cottony matter about (he 

 seeds. The whole plant is full of a milky juice, 

 which it yields plentifully when broken. 



The bark is the only part used ; it is but newly 

 introduced into medicine, but may be had of -the 

 druggists; it is an excellent remedy for purgings. 

 It is to be given in powder for three or four da's, 

 and a vomit or bleeding before the use of it, as may 

 be found necessary. 



The Coffee-Tree. Arbor cojfee ferens. 



, l uii.'il F.il L snnn; oi the eastern pair of 

 the world, which we keep in many of our *fo\e> r 

 and which flowers and hears jfj.- (Voit with us. It 

 grows eight or ten feet high ; the branches are 



nJer and wee.!;; the leaves are large, obl< ug, 

 and broad, somewhat like those of the ha v- tree, 

 'out bigger, and thin. The flowers are white, nm- 

 d-rutely huge, and like jasmine ; the fruit is a 



