27S NATURAL msTORti^ 
the white cork of France, from its being 
chiefly produced about Bayonne in the pro. 
vince of Guienne. From the fame part is 
brought a fort which is called the Spanifli 
cork, which Teems as if it had been burnt ; 
but its blacknefs is faid to be caufed merely 
by having been fteeped in fca-water inftead 
of frelh water. The infide is, however, 
yellowilh, and eafily cut. Of this the thick, 
eft Ihould be chofen. 
TOBACCO PLAINT. 
o F this produdlion there are five fpeciesj 
the firft is the Oroonoko, of which there are 
two forts; the one has very broad, rough, 
roundilh leaves ; while the leaves of the other 
are narrow, fmooth, and pointed: but neither 
of them is valued by the planter, in confe- 
quence of their not being much confumed in 
England. The fecond fort is called the 
fweet-fcented tobacco, from its affording, 
when finoked, a moft agreeable fcent ; this 
fort is very much cultivated in Cuba, Brazil, 
Virginia, and feveral other parts of Ameri- 
ca ; from whence it is fent to moft parts of 
Europe, but efpecially to England, where its 
general culture is prohibited, left the reve- 
nue fliould be diininifhed. The third fort is 
the greater narrow-leaved perennial tobacco, 
imported from the French fettlements in the 
Weft- 
