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remains in the Tree hath a bitterifli Tafte, not unlike 
Aat of Clovra. On the contrary, if you tafte the inner' 
Membrane ofthe Bark, when frefli taken ofB you’ll find 
It a molt exquifite Sweetnefs, extreamly agreeable to the 
Tafte, whereas the outward Part of the Bark differs 
but very little in Tafte from the common Trees: which 
Ihews plainly that all the Sweetnefs of it is owing on. 
in H when the Bark w laid 
in tl e Sun in order to its being dried and wound uo 
tins Oily and agreeable Sweetnefs of the inner Mein- 
brane communicates and diffufes it felfalfo throughout 
the whole outward Part of it (which however hath 
been firft ftripp d, when as yet upon the Tree, of its 
outermoftpeenilh Coat) and imbues it fo ftronglv as 
to make the Bark a Commodity, which for the Fra! 
grancy of its Smell, and the Sweetnefs of its Tafte is 
coveted all over the World. ’ 
It may not be amifs to take Notice alfo, how many 
Years the Cinnamon Trees, when they are once come 
^ will continue in that State, fo that 
the Bark, when taken off, fhall have loft nothL 
of Its Sweetnefs and Virtue. And in order to dear 
up this Point, It rauft be obferved, that the Bark may 
as yet be taken off from Trees which havfS 
four een, fifteen, or fixteen Years, according to S 
auahty of the Soil they ftand in: But beyond that 
Tune they grow thicker, and lofe, by DegrLs their 
Tafte and agreeable Sweetnefs, which makes the Bark 
have more of the Tafte of Camphire: Befides theK 
IS then grown fo thick, that if it belaid intheSun^ 
It will no longer Ihrink and wind it fdf up but re’ 
mam flat. outre- 
And 
