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guards the Woods by Sbirri , who even fire upon 
People that come into them, and he makes the healing 
of the Liquor Death. The Seafon in which I was 
at Arienzo prevented my feeing the Species of Afh. 
I believe it to be what our Gardeners call the flower- 
ing Alia 5 the Complexion of the Bark and Bud agrees 
with one of them I have in my Garden at Lindley. 
The Man who fhew’d me the Wood, told me, it 
bore a pretty Flower in the Spring. — At Bifa 
in the Phyfic-Garden they fhew’d me that Tree in 
Bloom as the Manna-Afh. The Tree is indeed com- 
mon enough in that Neighbourhood : I wonder Mr. 
Ray does not mention it among' the Plants found 
there by him. The Italians call it Orno. A Bota- 
nift at Rome told me it was the Omits Officinarum. 
A Phyfician at Benevento to the fame Purpofe, that 
it was the Ornus ufed in Medicine. A Perfon is 
gone from Rome to Naples , who has promifed to 
be very particular in getting you Information of their 
Manner of curing it. He was bred a Chemift, and 
told me many Ways of counterfeiting the feveral Ap- 
pearances of it. The mod common is with Glau- 
bers, Salts and Sugar, with a fmall Mixture of Manna. 
The Price of Manna at Naples , they told me, was 
4 Carlins (4 \d. Sterling each) the Rotolo (32 
Ounces). 
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