45^ MEMOIR ON THE 



it happens that the varnifh of thofe pieces 

 pf furniture manufactured at Canton, which 

 being made in hafte, according as thej ai'e 

 ordered, and have not had time to dry, re- 

 tains a difagreeable odour, not obferved in 

 thofe of Nankin, which are in the greatefl 

 requefV, next to thofe of Japan, The bril- 

 liancy peculiar to the Nankin varnifh is 

 given to \t by pdifliing, and by infinuating 

 into the pores of the wood a kind of pow- 

 der, which incorporates with it, and pro^ 

 duces that luftre fo much admired. 



Great care ought to be taken that the 

 different coats are laid on evenly an4 

 fmoothly, without blifters, and that the 

 figures are well executed. 



Cinnamon. 



THIS odoriferous bark, tlie beft of which 

 is^ without doubt, that of the ifland of 



Ceylon, 



