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A poetical dedication by tlic author is then given, followed by a 
poem by Camoens, who was at that time in Goa. It is addressed to 
Conde de Redondo, Yiceroy of India. We next find a " To the Eeader " 
by the Licentiate, Dimas B()S([ne, a Yalentian Physician, who commends 
the research and stores of information in the work, and exhorts readers 
to give it a good reception, so that the friends of the author may be 
emboldened to urge him to occupy himself with a still greater under- 
taking. He says that the author commenced to write the work in 
Latin, but was prevailed upon to issue it in the more widely understood 
Portuguese, and mentions that he had adopted the colloquial style, as it 
enabled him to make references to subjects other than those connected 
with the drugs of India. 
This is followed by a Latin dedication to Thoma Eoderico, first 
physician of the Coimbre Academy, by Dimas Bosque, and a further 
d edication, in Latin verse, to the author, Dr. Garcia de Orta, by Thoma 
Caiado. 
Contents of Part L^ 
colloquies i.-xxx. 
T. Preamble. 
II. Aloes — The juice of Aloe Socotrina, Lam. ; A. vulgaris, Lam., &c. 
III. Ambergris — Tbe faeces of tbe Sperm wbale. 
IV. Amomo — Friiit of Round Cardamom, Amomum cardamomum, Linn. 
V. Cashew nut — Fruit of Anacardium occidentale, Linn. 
VI. Tbe Arbor tristis or Chaste tree, Nyctanthes arbor -tristis. Linn. 
Yii. (1) Asa-foetida — Tbe juice oi Narthex {Ferula) asa-fo&tida, Falc. 
(2) Indigo — Indigofera tinctoria, Linn. 
VIII. Bhang or Indian bemp, Cannabis sativa, Linn. 
IX. Benzoin, Gum Benjamin — Eesin of Siyrax benzoin, Dryander. 
X. (1) Ber or Bier — Fruit of Zizyphiis jujuha, Lam. Var. ? 
(2) Brindoes — Fruit of Garcinia purp\irea, Eoxb. 
(3) Tbe names and titles of tbe Kings and Nobles of these regions. 
(4) Cbess and Cbessmen. 
X. bis. Betel — Tbe leaves of Chavica betel, Mig. 
XI. (1) Calamo aramatico or Sweet flag — Bbizomes of Acorns calamus, Linn. 
(2) Cameras — Tbe Singbara nut ? Trapa bispinosa, Roxb. 
XII. (1) Campbor (Bomean) — Tbe resin of Dryobalanops aromatica, Gaertn. 
(2) Campbor (Chinese) — Tbe resin of Cinnamomum camphor a, Fr. Nees. 
(3) Carambolas — Fruit of Averrhoa caramhola, Linn. 
XIII. (1) Cardamoms, great and small — Yvmi oi Elettaria cardamomum, Maton. 
(2) Carandas (or Kdrandd) — Fruit of Cnrissa carandas, Linn. 
^ Tbis division of tbe 58 Colloquies into two Parts is merely a matter of present 
convenience for pubhcation, as it does not exist in tbe book itself. 
