SELECTED ARTICLES. 
ART. V. — NOTICES OF THE CLOVE AND CINNAMON. 
By W. S. W. Ruschenberger, M. D. 
{Extracted from his work entitled " A Voyage round the World" &c. 
We present to our readers the following notices of two 
spices peculiar to the localities visited by Dr. Ruschenberger, 
during his cruise round the world in the United States ship 
Peacock, a history of which has recently been given to the 
public; they are interesting from the fact, that the information 
therein contained was derived from such sources as secures to 
them implicit confidence, at the same time that they exhibit 
the freshness that recent personal observation bestows. 
Cloves. — Among the objects of the cruise was the convey- 
ance of the ratified treaty between the Sultan of Muscat and 
the United States. 
Accordingly, the first place touched at, after doubling the 
Cape of Good Hope, was the island of Zanzibar, forming a 
part of the dominions of his Highness, situated on the 
6th parallel of south latitude, and on the 39th of east lon- 
gitude, twenty-three miles from the eastern coast of Africa. 
It was here that the above named product was met with, a plan- 
tation of the Sultan having been visited. We extract the fol- 
lowing notice of it: 
" The house stands in the centre of a yard about one hun- 
dred and twenty feet square; its walls are of coral, about 
seven feet high, and enclose several out-buildings for slaves, 
and, near the mansion, a small garden, in which were flourish- 
ing, together, the rose-bush and nutmeg tree. As far as the 
eye could reach over a beautifully undulated land, there was 
nothing to be seen but clove trees of different ages, varying 
