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Wante In tlie two plants, was deceived, and 
that the faaJy of the Nimiquas and that of 
tbe planters are not the fame. 
On the other hand, I am induced to believe 
that the latter differs from the common fage 
of Europe both in tafte and in fmell ; and my 
reafon is this : Among the nations of Europe 
that trade to China, there is one in particular, 
that, purchafing there a large quantity of te^i, 
gives in exchange for it the leaves of fage. 
This plant, in confequence of the value placed, 
by the people of every country on what is 
brought from a great diftance, is fought by 
the Chinefe with ftill more avidity than even 
theirs by certain inhabitants of Europe ; and 
this is accordingly a trade in which cent per 
cent may eafily be gained. 
Now this fage, fold at fo high a price at 
the farther extremity of Afia, is purchafed in 
Qur fouthern provinces, though the French, tQ 
their fhame be it fpoken, are ignorant of the 
circumftance. The immenfe profit made by 
this trade is well known at the Cape, where 
Jaaly is in great abundance : whence I conclude, 
that if this Jaaly had the qualities of the 
l^rench fage, the nation I have alluded to 
would 
