47^ MEMOIR ON THE 



The beft cloves are procured at the iiland 

 of Amboyna. They ought to be full, juicy, 

 heavy, of a ftrong odour, and hot aromatic 

 tafte, and to leave a flight oil on the fingers. 



The ilutmegs and mace of the ifland of 

 Banda are the moft eftcemed. They ought 

 to be chofen freO:i, round, heavy, of a ftrong 

 fmell and tafle, fomewhat bitterifti, and with 

 an oily juice. 



Benjamin and opium, fandal wood, am- 

 bergris, camphire of Sumatra, and Socotrine 

 aloes may alfo be carried to China. The 

 latter article, which grows in the ifland of 

 Socotora, near the Red Sea, ought to be 

 bright and tranfparent, to have a tawny 

 colour, with a bitter aromatic tafl:e, and to 

 be almoft deftitute of fmell. 



Benjamin may be procured at Bantam. 

 This aromatic gum is commonly fold in 

 boxes of one or two hundred weight each* 

 It ought to be chofen with a ftrong fmell, 



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