284 NATURAL HISTORY. 
citron-peel. Jericho was the only place where 
this balfam was to be found : but, fmce the 
Turks have poffeffed the Holy Land, thefe 
flirubs havebeen tranfplanted intothegardens 
of Grand Cairo ; where they are guarded, 
during the flowing of the balfam, by the Ja! 
niflaries. At this time it is very difflcult for 
the chriftians to obtain a fight of thefe bal- 
fams. With refped to the balfam itfelf, it 
is almoft impoflible to obtain any, unlefs 
from an ambaflador, who may have fome 
fent him, as a prefent, from the grand feig, 
nior, or from the foldiers appointed to guard 
this valuable liquid. This circumflance 
plainly evinces, that the balfam fold here, 
can only be the white balfam of Peru j 
which is prepared with fpirit of wine rcfti- 
fied, or with fome diftilled oils. Mr. Po- 
met fays he received from a friend, the pre- 
fent of an ounce, which he brought from 
Grand Cairo. He deicribes it to have been 
of a folid confiftence, like the turpentine 
of Ohio, of a golden colour, and a citron 
fmell. 
CEDAR OF LIBANUS. 
T. * HIS tree is very large, thick, and flraiti 
the leaves are flender, and much narrower 
than thofe of the pine-tree ; they are clifpof- 
ed in cluiters along the branches j upon the 
upper 
