CHIKESE trade; 



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Galega* 



THERE are two kiods of galega* The 

 Srft, and the largeft, is a thick, heavy plaat,^ 

 covered vpith ^ hard, reddilh bark, whitifli 

 in the infide, and of a fharp, bitter tafte. Its 

 flower is like that of peafe, without fmell, 

 and fometirDes of a blue, and fometimes of 

 a white colour. It gives an agreeable tafte 

 to vinegar, and is accounted a fpecific in dif- 

 orders of the breaft. 



The fecond fort is a hard root, of the fize 

 of the little finger, reddiih within and with- 

 out, and of a ftronger and more aromatic 

 tafte than the former. The plant which 

 rifes from it, has the form of a fmail tree^ 

 bearing leaves like thofe of the myrtle. It 

 ought to be chofen frefh, juicy, of a high 

 <rolour, compact, odoriferous, and with a 

 iharp aromatic tafte. The Chincfe cut it 



into 



