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Dr. Koempfer, in his Anuznitates, p. 793. fpeak- 
ing of the true varniffi-tree, fays, ct Colitur frequens 
in provinciis Tfi-kocko et Figo, in quibus inferti 
“ agris fcapi radices agunt et caudices edunt poll 
<c triennium vernicem fuppeditantes. Optima regi- 
<c onis, quin totius mundi, vernix perhibetur circa 
“ urbem Jaffino colligi. Vernicem ceres Japonica 
“ largitur oppido nobilem et pretiofiffimam, fed ad- 
“ modum parcam ; nec pro operibus, quae regio 
tc conftruit, fufficeret, nifi prius cum, Nam Rak> i. e. 
4C vernice ignobiliore ex Siamo inveda, pro bah illi- 
44 nerentur. Siamenfis vernix promitur in provincia 
44 Corfama, et regno Cambodi® ex arbore Anacardo, 
44 incolis Tong Rak, i. e. Arbor Rak dida, cujus 
44 frudus officinis noftris Anacardium didus Luk 
44 Rak , liquor Nam Rak appellatur. Perforatus 
44 truncus immiffo tubulo, tanta copia fundit liquo- 
44 rem ut Sin®, Tunquino et Japoni® pro deliniendis 
<c utenfilibus fufficiat, quin jam Bataviam et alia In- 
44 di® loca valis ligneis inclufa appellit.” 
Which, tranflated into Engliffi, appears to me to 
be thus : 
4 This varniffi-tree is often cultivated in the pro- 
* vinces of Tfi-kocko and Figo: there they plant 
1 the cuttings or truncheons in the fields, which take 
* root, and fend forth vigorous ffioots, which in 
4 three years time yield this varnifh. 
4 The beft varnifh of the kingdom, nay, of the 
4 whole world, is faid to be colleded about the city 
* of Jaffino. The produce in Japan of this moft 
c noble and very precious varnilh, is fo very little, 
4 that there would not be fufficient for the wares 
4 made in the kingdom, if they did not firft lay on 
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