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Coffee, originally the produce of Arabia Felk^ 

 where the beft is now moft fuccefsfully culti- 

 vated, is called, by the Egyptians^ Bon^ and is 

 firft mentioned by the Arabians about the year 

 900. Our author fay§, it was brought into Eu- 

 rope about the year 1645, and that the firft public 

 coffee-houfc was fet up at Marfeilks in 1671. The 

 fhrub itfelf was introduced into the European gar-r 

 dens about the year 1710, by means of feeds pro- 

 cured from Arabia^ by Governor Van Hoorn of 

 Batavia^ who alfo firft cultivated it in America^ 

 at Surinam. 



We are next prefented with the clafTical, gene- 

 rical, and fpecific charadler of this plant ; tq 

 which fucceeds a copious lift of fynonyms, and 

 the defcription at large, as it ftands in the Hortus 

 CUfforiianus. The culture of the fhrub ; the pre- 

 paration of the berry ; the different times and 

 modes of drinking this liquor^ which cuftom hath 

 eftablifhed in the various nations ; and the fucce- 

 danea to this berry, are then difcufled. Among 

 the latter are mentioned Feafe^ Beans^ Beech-nutSy 

 Almonds^ Maiz^ Wheats and the feeds of the Sun- 

 flower^ [Helianthm Annuus), Vide Gouan. Flor. 

 Monfp. p. 456. Of thefe he prefers Almonds, but 

 he obferves that they difpofe to flatulency much 

 more than Coffee. 



In fpeaking of the qualities and virtues of Cof- 

 fee, our author thinks it fhould rather be claiTed 

 with medicines, than confidered as a nutritive ar^ 

 tide in diet. He appears to be no friend to its 

 frequent and indifcriminate ufe : he thinks it de- 

 ftroys rather than creates appetite : that it occafion$ 



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