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TEA tree:. 
their full size, is of a much inferior quality, and 
sold to the common people at a cheap rate. 
The Lou -ngan tcha derives its name frorii a city 
near which it grows. This seems to be the same as 
the Song-lo, somewhat altered in its properties by 
soil and situation. 
The village of Pow-eul, in the province of Yunnan ,- 
from whence the fourth kind of tea is procured, is 
become of importance in consequence of its corm 
mercial dealings in this single article. We are 
told that people resort to it from all parts ; but that 
the entrance is forbidden to strangers* who are not 
permitted to approach nearer than the bottoms of 
the mountains, to receive the quantity of tea which 
they want. The leaves of this shrub are longer 
and thicker than those of the Song-lo tcha , and 
Vou-y tcha ; they are formed into masses, rolled up 
like tobacco, and sold at a dear rate. This tea, 
which is much used in some of the Chinese pro- 
vinces, is of a less agreeable flavour than the other 
kinds. 
The Mogul Tartars use a kind of tea which is 
composed of the refuse of all the rest. This is 
known by the name of Kaiel tchct , and serves these 
people as a beverage to assist them in digesting their 
raw flesh. 
The Uses and Properties of Tea . 
The Chinese drink their tea in the same manftef 
as we do, but without either sugar or milk. The 
emperor Kien-long has composed a little poem in 
