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M. de la BiDardiere's account of tlje mznner in vbich thii 

 snim is preducid, diScrsinCwneie^edsfromthatof TonrDe- 

 fort. HaTing -sifited moant Lebswn in Augnft, 1 786, the 

 £eafoa when this gum is cdledsd, he fbond the fpedes which 

 afforded it to be di&rsst fromth^t figTnedand dzfcribedby 

 ToBToefoFt, and conleqaeiitlT not tl^ tragacantha of LJc- 

 nstts. The ftem of the Cretan aSra^cs k blackiih, that 

 of Lebanon b ydlow : th? Reives o« the firft are downy, 

 of the {ecood {inooth : the iowsrs of one are red, thofe 

 of the other are of a paie yeQow. Kaice he iofeis that 

 there are feverzl fpecies of afb^alas which produce gnm- 

 tiagacanth. He alfo contiadi3s the ftatement of Toanie- 

 fort, who attribntes the flowing of the gam to the cootnc- 

 tioa of the fibres of the bark, occaficHied by the istenfity 

 of the folar heat ; obferving, that it is only daring the n^fat, 

 or when the fnn is obfcnred by douds, that the gmn iffoes 

 froai the plant, and that the feme has been lonaik ed at Crete. 

 The gHm is of diCaeMt cokntrs and qoaKties, fome being 

 white, fome greyiih, fome leddilh, and fome afanoft Uack. 

 The white is the befi: : it mod: be chofen dear, (iBOOth, and 

 twifted, CH- vermiciilar. It is dry, and yet ftmewhatfoftto 

 the touch. 



Gom-tragacanth diSers finom all the other kaown gams in 

 giring a thick confifteoce to a mnch larger qoantity of 

 water; and in being much mme diScaltly lunUe, «- rather 

 diflblTing only imperfeoly. Ratty a£its, that in fire or 

 fix hoars it will di3b'-Te in cold water. Pot into water, it 

 ilowly imbibes a great qozotity of the Hqoid, fweOs into a 

 large vdimie, and forms a foftbot not flnid mncilage ; with 

 the MWitittn of mote water, a fluid ftdntiaa may be obtained 

 by agitatioa, but the fiqnor appears torfaid and wheyilh, 

 and 00 Handing the mucilage fnbfides. 



It is (inoach and foftening, and is there&re good to ob- 

 tnnd the acrimony <^ any hamonrs ; whidi makes it of fa- 

 vice in fnch coasts as proceed from catzr^s, and deflnxiaiis 

 of iheiuu . It is alfo itrj ftrengthening ia fbcoe femisal 

 weaknefles, and is preraleat againft the whites in women. 



Tragacanth is ofuaDy preferred to the other gnms for 

 making op troches, and other fnch pnrpoies, and is fop- 

 pofed likewife to be the moft eSednal as a medicine ; hot on 

 account of its imperfe& fofadahty, is unfit fior hqnid fbnns. 

 The dole is grs. x to 5j, or more. It is commonly given 

 in powder, with the additioa of other fnTttriyls of fimilar 

 mtention. 



Tie mncihge of ttagacandi of the Eahnb. Ph. is pre- 

 pared by macerating <me cwnce of gora-Cragacanth in pow- 

 der, in eight oimces of bcnling water for 34 hoars, and tri- 

 turating the gum fo that it may be difibked, and flrjinin gthc 

 mucilage throogfa hnen. Tie mncilage of gnm-^ragacanth 

 of the DnbL Ph. is obtained by macerating two dradbms of 

 gum-tragacanth in powder, in eight flaid.oances of wato', in 

 a covered ve^^ until the gum be diflolTed, and ftrrniing the 

 mncilage throagh linen. The conqmond powder of tr^a- 

 canth of the Lond. Ph. is farmed by taking cS traga- 

 canth pewdeied, acacia gum powdoed, and fiardi, of 

 each an ounce and a half; and of refined fugar three 

 ounces. Rub the fiarch and fugar together to a powder; then 

 add the tragacanth and the acacia gum, and mix the whole 

 together. This powder is sled with eSe& as a demnkeDt 

 ia he&ic fever, and to aDay the tickhag cough of < nniih ; 

 in goocnhcea and firangury it is gives comtuaed with nitre, 

 and m d^fentery wieh ipecacuanha powder. The doie is 

 from ^fs to 5iit, mixed in water or amr bhnd fluid. 



TRAGAC-\NTHL"SI FaurtBa' Im£aam, m h^MmnJ 

 H^trj, a name given by fome writers to the bird's.rie&s fo 

 fimoBS in (bops in China, and in f jToe parts of Europe, for 



their cordial, rettoratiTe, and provc-cative virtues. Tiey 

 are the nefts of a kind of Indian fea^waDow, and arc msde 

 up of a fobftance tefembEng gum-tra^Ttranrh, and. Eke ity 

 mefaing in a jdly in any warn iiqoor. 



TRAGiEA, in Jlmaai Gt^rtftf, a tovm of the iOzod 

 of Naxchs, ia which particular woHhip was paid Xo Apollo 

 Tr^l^n. 



T RAG AN, in Geagrafiy, a ttnra of A^ca, in Fez- 

 zan ; 100 milea N. of Moorzock. 



TRAGARTH, a river of Waks, in the c oum y of 

 Brecknock, which nms into the Neath. 



TRAGASiE Salk^ in Aciemt Gerpgrasty^ iklt.pits 

 of Afia NGnor, ia the Trosde, near Hamaxitain. Strabo. 

 TRAGASIAK Salt, a tenn ofed among the aadonts 

 for a fort of fea-^alt, very fittle di&rent from the common 

 kind, being made by the eraporzlioa of the water 1^ fionie 

 falt-^ods near the fea^hoRS. 



TRAG£A, in Ptarmacy, an aromatic powder 

 beaten and mixed wkh fugar; taken by vrar of 

 mmative. 



Tragea, or Trwgifty in Amaofi Ges gra fi y , an iflandl 

 fituated is the TicisitT of the Cydades. 



TRACER iflaids fitnated 00 the coaft of Ionia, bat 

 they were joined to the continent by the depofitioES of ' 

 Mond?. They* ferved 2S a retreat for pirates, accovdi^l 

 Strabo, and lay N. of the p romontory Pofidium, S.£. < 

 that of TrogiKnm, and W. of the town of Ifiletus. 



TRAGEDY, a dramatic poem, reprefeming fome 

 nal adion perfonned by iOnfinoos perfoDS, and which I 

 generally a &tal ifliie or end. 



Accordingly, it has been always reckooed a wax t 

 fied f Htr rtai Hm pn t than comedy. The fanner directs < 

 attfiitinn to the high paffiinjs, the virtues, c 

 fn&rings of mankind ; the latter to their humours, fbifies, ' 

 and pleaf mes. Terror and pity are the grcal infixmaents of 1 

 tragedy ; and ridicule b the lole inftrument of comedy. 



Tragedy exhibits the cfaaraders andaSions of mex, (ays , 

 Dr. Bisar, in foote of the mc^ trying and critical filuJliu i iv 

 of life, and ferres as a diie£k iniiU i liuu of hmn: 

 and a/Bosras. It di&rs fium the epic poem, in which the poet 

 narrates and defcribes chara&ers, by esdndii^ the poet, : 

 fetting befere us the perfonages themfrhes, ading 

 fpeaking what bfuitaUe to their chara&ers. Asnokin 

 vcriting affords fo great a trial of the author's 

 knowledge of the human heart, none, when doly exe 

 has fo mnch power to rafe the ftrosgeS emotiaos. It 

 or ought to be, a mirror, in which vre bdboU ooriidica,! 

 and the erils to which we are expofed; a fiiithfid copy <^] 

 the human r°i<K«»<s '"iti^ aD their direfiEd effeds, vrfaen diey 

 are fnfiered to become extrar^ant. 



Aiiftotle fcientifically defines tragedy, the imitiffinm of | 

 one grave aod entire adioo, of a joft k^th, and wUc 

 without the yflilll'^gfcr*. of narratian, by rafiogof terror and J 

 cnnpaffioD, refines and purges oar p'<ii™>«- 



^ms dr*fifniiioii has grren the rritirsfomepeitpli'iily ; and. j 

 ConieiDe declares he cannot reconcile Ariftotle vrith him- 

 idfi the infiances Ariftotle cites, be thinkc, defeat hbowa I 

 definition. He even denies the purging of our |mBini»«. toj 

 be the end (^ tragedy. 



Our FngJiflt anthnre arg nuiw f-l M KM -iMe* Hi thj- iMimtinM ■ 



by the purging of our paffioos, they uodorftand not the 1 

 tirpating cf them, bat the reduci^ them to joft 

 Car by chewing the mif<T»<~i that attend a fubjedmi to 1 

 they far it teaches us to vrztch theia asore narrowly ; and I 

 feeing the great vei^oztussi of others, it lefleos tlse fenfr < 



onr cvrr:. 



