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as tli at of Sumatra and Malabar., called Caffia ; but 
that the Dutch writers, being acquainted with the 
excellent qualities, which the ancients afcribed to their 
Cinnamon, chofe to add the name Cinnamon to that 
of Caffia : and in procefs of time they have found 
the name of Cinnamon more profitable than that of 
Caffia, by which we chufe to call our Canella, to 
our national lofs of many thoufands a year. 
Having now given an account of the figure of 
thefe plants, and in what refpedt they are faid herein 
to differ j I ffiall proceed to confider the pretended 
■differences in the Canella itielf ; which are fuppofed 
jiot to be in form only, but fubf antial and material ; 
and are generally underfood to be fo by perfons fup- 
pofed to be acquainted with the fubgedt. 
Mr. Ray fates this matter fully in his Hi/I. Plant. 
vol. ii. p. 1 560. in thefe words : Ojjicince noflrce Caf- 
fiam ligneam a Cinna?nomo feu Canella dijiindtam fa - 
ciunty Cqj/iam Cinnamomo craf/iorem plerumque eJJ'e.^ 
colore rubicimdiorem.y fubjlaniid duriorem , J'ol'idiorem 
& compacliorcm , guftu magis glutinofo , odore quidem 
cd fapore Cinnamoimun aptius refer re , tamen Cinna- 
momo imbecilliorum minus ^e get am efe, ex accu - 
rata obfervatione Tbo. fohnfon . 
From thefe reafons Mr. Ray draws a conckffion 
(I muf own not very inf rudtive), that the Cinna- 
mon of Ceylon is Cinnamon ; and the Cinnamon of 
Malabar, &c. is the Caffia of the (hops. 
From the lpecimens I ffiall now produce, it will 
.mof plainly appear, that thefe differences are merely 
accidents arifing from the age of the Canella, the 
part of the tree from whence it is gathered, and 
from the manner of cultivating and curing it. 
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