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' V. Tlje Manner of mahjng Styrax liquida, alias Ro- 
la Mallas. Communicated by Mr. James Petiver, 
F.' S. ■ 
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R Ofa grows upon thelfland Cohrofs, at the up- 
per end of the Red Sea near Cadefi, which is 3 days 
Journey from Suez : It is the Bark off a Tree (taken off 
every Year, and grows again) boiled in' Salt Water till 
it comes to a Confidence like Birddime, then feparated 
^ and put into a Cask and brought to Judda, and fo to 
Mocha in June and July, where it fells from 60 to 1 20 
Dollars Barrel, according to its Goodnefs : The bed 
is what is freed from Clay and Dirt, which is commonly 
mixed with it 5 and the way to try it is by wadiing it 
Jn Salt Water, which will cleanfe it ; The Arabs and 
Turks call it Cotter Mija. 
N. B. A Barrel is /!^20 \.' ‘ 
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LONDON, 
Printed for Henry Clements at the Half-Moon in 
St. PW’s 'Church- yard; MDCGVIII. 
