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thcArahiafis, jealous of this Commodity only to be found amongil 
them, never fulfer fo much as one Coffee-Bean to go out of their 
Country, which has not paffed the Fire, or been boiled in 'Wea- 
rer, to kill the Germcy as is pretended, that fo, if any body had 
a mind to fow it in another Country, it might be to no purpoie. 
John Rajy an EngUp Dodlor, and one of the mold celebrated Bo- 
tanifls of our Time, has given in to this vulgar Error, as well 
as the reft 5 for after talking of the Virtues of Coffee, he tells us 
very ferioufly, that it is furprizing how the Arabians fhould pre- 
vent the Exportation of fo much as one Grain of Coffee into 
another Country, that is capable of producing a Plant, ^ c. But 
this is a Miftake, for which there can be no further Pretence, 
after the Affurances our Travellers have given us of the contrary ; 
and after the intire Bales of Coffee in Husk, which the French 
Veffels brought along with them j for thefe certainly had under- 
2;one no Chancre. 
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