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health and happinefs of 'mankind, would 

 abundantly merit publick patronage and 

 encouragement, which will ever be ne- 

 ceflary for the due execution of thefe 

 defigns, while the human fpecies are 

 actuated by thofe paffions and princi- 

 ples, which in every age, and in every 

 clime, have been found the fnfeparable 

 attendants on humanity. 



The Canella Alba, or Winter's Bark, 

 as it is improperly called, is the pro- 

 duel: of a tree growing plentifully in the 

 interior parts of this country. It is 

 brought and fold to the white inhabi- 

 tants, by the Indians refiding far up the 

 rivers of Effequebo and Demerary. It is 

 a white bark, thicker than cinnamon, 

 and rolled in oblong tubes. It has an 

 acrid, pungent, aromatic tafte ; but its 

 medicinal qualities are already fufficient- 

 ly known. 



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