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makes five parallel Wounds at once. The Juice 
flowing from thefe, is the next Day fcraped off with 
aSpattle, and put into a fmall Veflfel hung to the 
Waite. Then the other Side of the Heads are 
wounded to obtain the Juice, in the fame Manner. 
The Juice of the firft Gathering, called Gobaar , is 
accounted preferable, as it pofleffes a greater Virtue 
of appeafing the Brain. The Colour of it is white, 
or pale approaching to yellow, but being rendered 
drier by a longer Infolation it becomes brown. The 
Juice of the fecond Gathering, which is inferior as 
well in Price as in Virtue, has commonly an obfcure 
or dark red Colour. Some make a third Incifion, 
whereby they obtain a Juice of a very black Colour 
and little Virtue. 
The Opium, when got together, is prepared, by 
moiflening it with a little Water or Honey, and con- 
tinually and flrongly rubbing it about in a flat wooden 
Bifh, with a thick wooden Spattle, till it acquires 
the Confidence, Tenacity and Brightnefs of a well 
elaborated Pitch. Afterwards it is moulded by the 
Hands into fhort Rolls, which, when expoled to 
Sale, are cut into Pieces for the Buyers with Shears. 
Having been thus treated, the Perfians call it 
Tberiaack malideb, that is, Treacle prepared by grinding, 
or Tberiaack afiuun , that is, opiate Treacle , to diftin- 
guiih it from the Treacle of Andromachus, which they 
term Tberiaack faruuk. For with thefe People 
Opium pafles for the Ixfyv and of the 
Poets, (viz.) a Medicine producing Tranquillity , 
Cbeerfulnefs and Serenity j which three Elogiums, 
we read, were formerly bellowed upon the theriacal 
Antidote of Andromacbus. 
The preparing of Opium as above defcribed is 
ufually performed by certain Huckfters, who fitting 
in the Market-Places and publick Streets are perpe- 
tually working their Arms about at this Employment. 
But 
