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phyficians in their difpenfatory would diredl Caffia 
or Cinnamon of Malabar or Sumatra to be ufed, 
inftead of the Cinnamon of Ceylon ; and that the 
fame ffiould be ufed by apothecaries and diftillers, 
and in all fimple and compound waters, in which 
Cinnamon is ufed. 
TLxtraB of a Letter from Mr. Thomas Combes, 
dated Fort Marlborough, y Jan. 17 yy. 
J N regard to the firft article of your paper, now 
before me, which is the inquiry defired to be 
made concerning the fpices, I am of opinion, that 
the true Cinnamon grows no-where but on the ifland 
of Ceylon, unlefs Caffia be allowed to be the fame 
tree, which I am inclined to think. 
N°. p. contains feeds of the Caffia or wild Cinna- 
mon-tree. As for the feeds of the true Cinnamon- 
tree, I believe they are very difficult to be got ; for 
as the Dutch are the foie mafters of this fpice, and 
get a good deal of money by it, I fancy, according 
to their ufual cuftom, they have very well guarded 
againff the tranfplantation of it. I hope however, 
that thefe feeds will not be unacceptable to the fo- 
ciety, as Caffia itfelf is of fome value ; and as I am 
very doubtful, whether this tree is not the fame with 
the true Cinnamon, being of opinion, that the dif- 
ference obferved in them arifes from the different 
method of curing their barks, or from the taking 
the bark from different parts of the tree, or at dif- 
ferent feafons, or of different ages, or perhaps all 
thefe. 
I have made inquiry concerning this from fome 
very intelligent perfons, and found them to be of 
■Vo l. yo, y T opinion, 
