234- 



"Gi'M Arabic. 



GA NOETIC HINDOOSTAN. 



highways, on their way to feek in vain for food ; the recital is 

 too horrible; let thofe Who delight in fuch doleful hiftory, 

 apply to the 402nd page of vol. xli. of the Gentle7nan\ Ma- 

 gazine., or the more labored account given by the Abbe Raynaly 

 in the 2d volume of his entertaining hiftory. 



Mr. K'es., p. 44, mentions three fpecies of trees which pro- 

 duce th.Q gmn arabic. I fuppofe, by his defcription, he means 

 the Mimoja. Linnceus enumerates feveral ; poffibly the Senegal 

 and Arabian may extend to India ; but the black phyficians pro- 

 cure their gum from Arabia. This reminds me of the materia 

 medica of thefe fwarthy fons of Mfculapius, which I infert 

 from Mr. Ives as a curiofity. 



Indian mate- 

 ria MEDICA. 



Bezoar from ---------- Orangabad^ 



Gum Arabic ---------- Arabia. 



Olibanum ----------- Arabia. 



Gambog. ----------- Succotra. 



Rad. Salop ----------- Perfia. 



Piper long. - - - _--»_-- Calicut. 



01. Cinnamon - -------- Cochin. 



Cort. de Pala ---------- I'ellicherry.. 



01. Caryophyl. ----- C alii cut and Telli cherry. 



Sem. Cardamom. - - - - CalUcut and Tellicberry, 



Rad. Rhubarb, ift fort ------- Bengal. 



Rad. Rhubarb, 2d fort ------- Bengal. 



Opium ------------ Bengal. 



Fol. Sennae - - -------- Mocha. 



Myrrh ------------ Arabia. 



-^ Thus 



