CINNAMON. 157 



Its taste is exquisitely grateful, and its 

 smell so highly fragrant, that it diffuses itself 

 not only over all the island of Ceylon, but 

 also, when the winds blow from the land, over 

 a large tract of the ocean ; so that, according 

 to Jurgen Anderstn, quoted by Dexbachius, 

 " the sailors are sensible of the smell of cin- 

 namon at six or eight miles distance from the 

 shore." 



Cinnamon mixed with honey, and used as 

 an ointment, is said to remove freckles and 

 other cutaneous blemishes of the face. 



An oil is extracted from this bark, called 

 the essence of cinnamon, which is an excel- 

 lent cardiac. The Chinese, as well as the 

 islanders of Ceylon, distil from the green 

 bark and flowers of this tree, a liquor similar 

 to our cinnamon water, which is applied to 

 several useful purposes. 



The cinnamon-tree was first cultivated in 

 this country in the year 1768. 



