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<viz. three, four, or five thoufand Thai Is, 
each Thail being near equal to five Shillings 
and ten Pence. 
Befides the Japanefe and Chinefe Tea, there 
grows alfo a rough coarfe Sort of Green Tea 
in the Northern Province of Xenfi , which 
the hardy Cannibal Tartars, the prefent 
Mafters of China ufe, after their delicate 
Difh of raw Horfe-flefh, when their Dinner 
fits uneafy on their Stomach. The Infufion 
of this drunk helps their Digeftion, and foon 
reftores their flagg’d Appetite. But as this 
Leaf is their own, fo I believe no body en- 
vies them their Tipple, no more than their 
lufcious Repaft ; for I do not find that is 
exported. 
CHAP. IV . 
Promifcuous Observations on the above 
Chapters. 
I B E G Leave to make thefe few follow- 
ing Obfervations on the three preceding 
Chapters. 
Obf.l . The Clamminefs of both Leaf and 
Flower of Tea , is the Reafon 1 . That the 
Shrub is an Evergreen, and ftands the coldeft 
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