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the continual ufe of lime, thefe people had ge~ 

 nerally very found teeth ; they acquired however 

 a blacknefs, which penetrated into their enamel, 

 without in the leaft diminifhing its polim ; in- 

 deed they are in the ufe of cleaning them fre- 

 quently, and the powder which they employ is 

 not very expenfive ; they procure it from a cal- 

 careous ft one of moderate hardnefs, which they 

 bruife upon fand-ftone. They alfo make ufe of 

 a piece of fand-ftone to wear down the external 

 part of their incifors. 



Thefe iflanders do not content themfelves 

 with chewing betel ; they procure from Molucca 

 an extract of bitter plants, known by the name 

 of gamber, which they alfo employ in mafti- 

 cation. 



The ifland of Amboyna conftfts of mountains 

 of a middling height, particularly in the eaftern 

 part. 



The coffee which they here gather, appeared 

 to me inferiqr to that of our Ifles of France, and 

 of La Reunion *. The Dutch, fettled at Mo- 

 lucca, appeared befides to care little how they 

 prepared it. Their fervants have all a praclice 

 of making it undergo a degree of torrefadtion, 

 by which it is often reduced to charcoal ; this is 

 done in order that they may have lefs trouble in 



* Better known to Englifh navigators by the name 0/ the 

 JJle of Bourbon, T. 



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