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ting a great Kettle of Water there- 

 on, they throw into it a large Quan- 

 tity of thefe Leaves, and immedi- 

 ately fet themfelves round the Fire, 

 and, with a Bowl that holds about a 

 Pint, they begin drinking large 

 Draughts, which in a very mort time 

 vomits them feverely ; thus they 

 continue drinking and vomiting, for 

 the Space of two or three Days, un- 

 til thty have fufficiently cleans'd 

 themfelves ; then they gather every 

 one a Bundle of the Tree to carry 

 away with them, and retire to their 

 Habitations. But thefe Gentlemen 

 obferv'd fomething very extraordi- 

 nary in the Operation of this Plant, 

 which was, that in vomiting it gave 

 them no Uneafinefs or Pain, but 

 came away in a full Stream from 

 their Mouths, without fo much as 

 declining their Heads, or the leaft 

 Reaching. 



This Plant is generally fuppofcd 

 to be the fame as that which grows 

 in Paraguay, where the Jefuifli of 

 that Country make a great Revenue 

 of the Leaves, which they export to 

 feveral other Countries, where it is 

 infufed and drank like Tea: indeed, 

 there are fome Perfons who doubt 

 its being the fame ; which will be 

 pretty difficult 'o determine, fince 

 there is fo little Converfe between 

 the Inhabitants of Paraguay and 

 thofe in Europe ; and all the Leaves 

 of thatTea,which have been brought 

 to Europe, have been generally fo 

 broken and defaced, as to render it 

 almoft impoifible to know their true 

 Figure : however, from fome of the 

 faireft Leaves, which were picked 

 out of the Paraguay Tea by a Per- 

 fon of Skill, who compared them 

 with thofe of the Tapon, he had great 

 Reafon to believe they were the 

 fame : and as the Virtues attributed 

 to the Tapon are nearly, if not ab- 

 fplmely, the fame with thofe of the 



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Paraguay, the Indians of thefe North- 

 ern Parts of America making the 

 fame Ufe of it as the Inhabitants of 

 the South Parts of America do, *vhu 

 to reftore loft Appetites ; and they 

 fay it gives them Courage and Agi- 

 lity, for which Purpofes it has been 

 in Ufe time out of Mind : we may 

 alfo obferve, that the Place of its 

 Growth in the North is the fame La- 

 titude as Paraguay is South , fo I 

 mall beg Leave to infert the Account 

 given of the Paraguay Tea by Mon- 

 fieur Frtzier, who travelled through 

 great Part of Ne<w Spain, by exprdi 

 Order of the King of Franet 



In South Carolina ths Plant is 

 called Cajfrtia or South-Sea T; a : the 

 Inhabitants of thatCountiy do not 

 make fo great Ufe of this Tea, s 

 thole of Virginia and North Caro- 

 lina i in the Jail of which the white 

 People have it in as great Eileem as 

 the Indians, and make as conftanc 

 Ufe of it. 



Monfieur Premier alfo fays, That 

 the Spaniards who live near the Gold 

 Mines in Peru, are obliged frequent- 

 ly to drink of the Herb Paraguay 

 or Mate, to moiiten their Breafts, 

 without which they are liable to a 

 fort of Suffocation, from the ftrong 

 Exhalations which are continually 

 coming from the Mines. 



The fame Author alfo adds, That 

 the Inhabitants of Lima, during the 

 Day-time, muke much Ufe of the 

 Herb Paraguay, which fome call St. 

 Bartholomew's Herb, who, they pre- 

 tend, came into thofe Provinces, 

 where he made it wholfome and be- 

 neficial ; whereas before it was ve- 

 nomous : this, he fays, is brought 

 to Lima dry, and almoft in Pow- 

 der. 



Inftead of drinking the Tinc~ture 

 or Infuhon apart, as we drink Tea, 

 trey put the Herb into a Cup or 

 B'jwi made of a Calabafb, tipp'd 



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