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The American Gum Anime, is the 

 product of a tree, in height about forty 

 feet, having but few branches, and thofe 

 near the top. The leaves are fmall, of 

 a deep green colour, and an oval form. 

 The external cuticle of the bark is of a 

 dark brown, and its internal fubftance 

 of a reddifh brown colour. From in- 

 cifions made in this bark, the Anime 

 exudes, which is a yellowifh white re- 

 finous gum, having a fweet grateful 

 fmell, fomewhat refembling that of fto- 

 rax, and a warm pleafant tafte. The 

 Indians chew it for pains in the {to- 

 rn ach, and flatulencies, and often ufe it 

 by way of fufFumigation, for rheums, 

 head-achs, &c. 



The Balfam, called by the Indians 

 Arrecocerra, is the product of a tree 

 growing about thirty feet in height ; 

 but which I have never feen, as it is 

 found only in the inland country. It is 

 G 4 brought 



