( 97 ) 
I. Jn Jccount of the Cinnamon Tree in Ceylon 
and its federal Sorts. Communicated hy the 
Chief Injpeaor of the Cinnamon Trade andMa- 
nufaaure in that IJland to Albertus Scba a 
noted 'Druggijl at Amfterdam. Tranflated 
by the late Vr. Scheuchzer, F, S. 
T H E firft and beft Sort of Cinnamon, which 
pows in great Plenty in and is pecu- 
Rajfe Coronde, which is as much as to fay, Iharn 
fweet Cinnamon. ’Tis this choice Sort, which is ex’ 
ported Yearly by the Dutch EaJi.India-Compans\ 
by whom It hath been proliibited under fevere Penil 
with whatever Ihould be mix’d 
The fecond Sort is call’d Canatte Coronde, that is. 
in Ceyhnefe, 
and CiinntZ^f'’ -fi* ^I'^namon in general Coronde, 
and fignifies bitter and adftringent. The 
Bark of this Tree comes off very eafily, and fmells 
very agreeably when frefh, but hath a^bitter Tafte 
It IS an Advantage to us, that it doth not grow in great 
Plenty hereabouts, becaufe elfeone might eafily mif. 
take It for a better ; as indeed, in general it n=nntrpc ^ 
giod deal Skill and Attention fo to diftinguilh the 
Cinnamon Trees from each other, as not to choofe 
now and then a worfe Sort for the beft. . The S 
of i tins fecond Tree yields a very good fort of Cam. 
P The 
