abundance, that when they are dried and pounded, it comes off 
in scales, and is collected and used as an article of food. When 
melted and strained, in order to separate the crumbled leaves, it is 
very delicious, and is eaten by the people often in preference to 
honey. In the summer, it is collected in large quantity and put 
up for winter use. Often, as we were riding along among the 
trees loaded with it, we found it pleasant to break off the branches 
and lick the leaves, which were so coated with it that in a very 
few minutes our appetites were satisfied. There is a species of 
willow growing onthe water courses in Persia, on which this 
article is sometimes found; but we have never seen it there in 
such abundance as in the Koordish mountains.” 
he term manna ordinarily refers to the well known product 
of several species of Fraxinus, “that grow spontaneously in 
Italy and Sicily, and very probably in all the oriental Mediter- 
ranean region,” and which is used for medicinal purposes. Sub- 
stances which resemble this in form, or taste, or mode of produc- 
tion, are also called by the same term, which, in every case, 
therefore needs defining. The gezza was observed in June, and 
rom Dr. W.’s account, we infer it was a semi-fluid exudation 
upon the leaves of certain trees. This has been mentioned by 
writers in other parts of Asia; and as it differs so entirely from 
other forms of manna, which occur under peculiar circumstances, 
a féw facts from various authors may here be cited. — 
_ Wellsted,* in his journey from Tor to Mount Sinai, September, 
1836, “found in the Wadi Hibron, fifteen miles from the sea, and 
at an elevation of about two thousand feet, the tree which pro- 
duces the manna. ‘This remarkable substance is secreted by 
several trees, and in various countries in the East. In some parts 
taste 
and consistence, distils from the tree which bears galls, and om 
the inhabitants of the country forms one of the principal articles 
of their food.” 
In the Horticulturist, No. 7, January, 1847, 1s an article trans- 
lated from the Révue Horticole, from which we extract the fol- 
owing notice of what appears to be the same (or similar) thing 
with the gezza. : 
* Travels in Arabia, vol. ii, pp- 47, 48. 
