BOOK XII. Lxiii. 135 



LXIII. Syria also prodnces the kind of cinnamon 

 called comacum;" this is a juice squeezed out of a 

 nut, and is quite different from the juice of the true 

 cinnamon, although it is almost equally agreeable. 

 Its price is 40 asses a pound. 



" Possibly nutmeg of the Moluccas, attributed to Syria 

 because ol the traderoute. 



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