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of the antient Terenjabim or, as it ought to be 
wrote, according to Deujingius *, Terengjabin. 
Rauvcolf informs us, that this Species of Manna, 
was gather’d from the Alhagi '■> a Plant which is 
minutely defcribed by Tournefort f , who alfo confirms 
the Account which Rauwolf had long before given, 
with the following Particuiars : 
“ It is chiefly (fays he) about TauUs , a City in 
u Rerfa , that it is gather’d, under the Name of Trim * 
“ gibin or Terenjabin , mention’d by Avicenna and 
(< Serapion : Thofe Authors thought it fell upon 
“ certain prickly Shrubs j whereas it is only the 
u nutritious Juice of the Plant.” He adds, “ That, 
“ during the great Heats, you perceive fmall Drops 
“ of Honey upon the Leaves and Branches of 
<£ thefe Shrubs ; thefe Drops harden, in Grains about 
<£ the Bignefs of Coriander-feeds : They gather thofe 
<( of the Alhagi , and make them into reddifh Cakes 
u full of Duft and Leaves, which alter the Colour, 
“ and leflen its Virtue. This Manna is much infe- 
<£ rior to the Italian. The ordinary Dofe is from 
25 to 30 Drams.” 
Clujius J informs us, that the Terniabin of the 
modern Arabs is gather’d from a prickly Shrub, fuch 
as the Alhagi is defcribed to be. Avicenna **, ac- 
cording to his prefent Tranflation, tells us, that the 
* Deufingius Trail, de Manna id Sacch. p. 11. 
+ Tournefort’j Voyage to the Levant, Vol. I. p. 247, 248. 
t Cluf. Exotic . Vol. II. p. 164. ** Avicen. Oper, 
Tom. I. p. 404. 
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