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' Seron ' is the name generally given to packages made of raw hide, 

 such as those in which Calisaya cinchona bark is still occasionally 



FIG. 1. Original p'ackages of drugs (Weigel). A, gourd 

 aloes ; B, cassia fistula ; c, China root. 



FIG. 2. Original packages of drugs (Weigel). A and F, 

 seron of Calisaya bark ; B, Honduras sarsaparilla ; 

 c, dragon's blood ; D, compressed lobelia ; E, 

 galangal root ; G, euphorbium. 



imported (fig. 2, A, F) ; a similar protection is afforded to bales of 

 Honduras sarsaparilla (fig. 2, B), the ends of which are covered with 

 raw hide laced with strips of the same material. Jamaica and Lima 



