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' 1 §eis)ehCoronde, Sevoelin 
the Ceyhiufe Language fignifies mucilaginous, or ?Iu- 
tinous. This fort of Cinnamon acquires, in dryin? 
a very confiderable Degree of Hardnefs, which ^on 
chewing of It fufhciently Ihews it feif. It hath other- 
ungrateful Smell ; but 
the Colour of it is very fine, and it is not many Years 
fince I firft took Notice, that the Natives, who are all 
Blacks, mix a good deal of this mucilaginous Cinna- 
mon along with the firft and beft Sort, The Colour of 
both being very much alike, excepting only, that in 
the good Sort there are fame few yellowifliSpots an- 
pear towards the Extremities. ^ ^ 
*^7 Ae Natives Me/te Co- 
the Tree which ^ars it, having a good deal of 
RefemWance to another Tree, which is by them called 
Nteke Gas, and the Fruit it bears Nieke. The Bark 
% this fort of Cinnamon Tree, hath no manner of 
Tafte or Sipll, when taken off, and is made ufe of 
by the Natives only in Phyfick. For by roafting of 
It they obtain a Water an<f Oil, which they anoint 
themfelves Withal, thinking thereby to keep off all forts 
of noxious F umes, and Infedions in the Air. They like, 
wife exprefs a Juice out of the Leaves of it, which 
they fay cools zni ftrengthens the Brain, if the Head 
be rubb d with it. 
The feventh Sort is called Dawel-Coronde that is 
Druin-Cinnamon, in Zew Dutch frommellcaneel': 
The Reffon of this Appellation is, becaufe the Wood 
of this Tree, when it is grown hard enough, is light 
and tough, and that Sort, of which the Natives mfke 
Veffels and Drums, which they call 
Daviel The Bark is taken off, when the^Tree 
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