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Turpentine, which is the refinous Ju'icfe of the Sil- 
ver-Fir, is thinner when it is frefh than Venice Tur- 
pentine, clearer, and of a more agreeable bitter 
Smell, refembling in fome Meafure the Smell of 
Citron-Peel : But by Age it grows thick and yel- 
low. It is brought from Strajburg. , and therefore 
generally goes by the Name of that Town. 
The Tree, from which it is got by making Inci- 
fions along the Trunk, is called Abies, Tamjolio, 
fruciu furfumfp eft ante. In ft. R. H. 585. Abies, conis 
furfum fpelf antibus , five Mas, C. B. P. 505. Abies 
Vcemina , five ixolm J. B. 1. 231. It grows 
in great Plenty in Germany, and the Northern Coun- 
tries. 
The Turpentine, being at fir ft liquid, drops 
down from the Tree, but at length it gradually 
thickens and ceafes to flow ; and the Incifions (which 
are ufually three Fingers broad, and made at the 
Diftance of about four Inches from each other on all 
Sides of the Trunk) after two or three Years are 
filled with a thick Refin, of which the Germans 
make a Kind of Pitch, by melting it in Furnaces. 
A refinous Juice is likewife got from certain Tu- 
bercles or Knobs which are found within the Bark, 
of a more agreeable Smell than the Refin of the 
Trunk. When it is dry, it fomewhat refembles 
Frankincenfe, both in Colour and Smell, and is 
fometimes ufed in its Stead. It. is diftinguifhed by 
the Name of Lachryma abiegna, or Oleum abietinum, 
and is greatly valued, but is fcarce, no more being 
ufually obtained from each Tubercle than one or 
tv/ o Drops, according to Bellonius , who tells us, 
that the Peafants get it by applying the Mouth of a 
Cow’s Horn to the Tubercles, and fo exprefling the 
Juice •, by which Method they are not able to pro- 
cure above four Ounces a Day. 
Strajburg 
