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farther foiith, is found two fpecies of the LauruSy of Lhrntu^t 

 the L. Cajjla, and another unnamed ; the root of the firft, dried, 

 has the flavor of cinnamon, and is ufed medicinally by the 

 natives. 



In refpedl to European fruits, here are good orchards of European, 

 peaches, apricots, apples, and pears, walnuts are not unfrequent, 

 ftrawberrics and bilberries are common, the firft excellent. 

 The Arbutus uva urji, common to Scotland and the Alps, is 

 found here. The number of plants which grow under the 

 name of weeds, common to this country, England, and other 

 parts of Europe, is very great. 



Mr. Saunders enters into the mineral kingdom, but feems 

 to referve the depth of his enquiries for a larger work. At 

 p. 81, he fpeaks of a whitifh quartz, as ufed in the porcelain 

 bufinefs ; in parts, he met with a flinty fpar of a fort of gra- 

 nite, and a pure limeftone. On the front of a certain mountain Vast Colum- 

 he was ftruck with the appearance of fix or feven angulated ^'^^ °^''^' 

 femi-pillars of great circumference, and fome hundreds of feet 

 high, projecting over a great cataradl. Gold is found in form 

 of duft, and in large quantities, and often in large lumps, and 

 veins adhering to flmt and quartz. There are alfo lead, iron, 

 and copper. 



Rock-salt and tincal, in vaft quantities, from the bottom of RockSalt. 

 a lake in I'hibet. This laft is got in great maffes, but broken to *-'-'^''''" 

 pieces for the conveniency of carriage ; it feems inexhauftible ; 

 the lake is twenty miles in circumference, feated bleakly, and 

 frozen during a great part of the year. In Thibet it is ufed 

 to folder with, and promote the fufion of gold and filver. 



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