Part 6 (1/2)

Those plants are said to be natives of Persia, and introduced from some parts of the East into Europe, over which it is noidely distributed: it existed both in a wild and cultivated state, in some parts of Russia, as early as five centuries before Christ These products form a considerable article of exportation, besides the quantity used in Russia itself; a considerable part is wrought into linens, diapers, canvas, and other manufactures; and even the seeds are exported, both in their natural state and as oil In various parts of Russia, hemp-seed oil and flax-seed (or linseed) oil are prepared in very large quantities

What is Diaper?

A sort of linen cloth, woven in flowers, and other figures; it is said to have received its naium, situated on a river of the same name, where it was first made

What is Holland?

A fine, close, even, linen cloth, used for sheets, &c It obtained its na principally made in Holland

What is Canvas?

A hempen cloth, so loosely woven as to leave interstices between the threads, in little squares It is used for working in patterns upon it ools, &c; by painters for a ground work on which they draw their pictures; for tents, sails, andin the fineness of their texture

What is Da soures It took its naht

Is there not another sort of Damask?

Yes, e flowers resemble those of damask roses It was first made in Flanders, and is used for table linen, &c

What is Flannel?

A slight, loose, woollen stuff, used for warinally made in Wales, where it still continues to be reat perfection

CHAPTER IV

COCOA, TODDY, CHERRIES, BARK, CORK, COCHINEAL, CLOVES, CINNAMON, AND CassIA

Of what fore nuts, called Cocoa nuts?

It is tall and straight, without branches, and generally about thirty or forty feet high; at the top are twelve leaves, ten feet long, and half a foot broad; above the leaves, grows a large excrescence in the for it off kills the tree

The cocoa is a species of Palm

Is not the Indian liquor called Toddy, produced from the Cocoa Tree?

Yes, between the leaves and the top arise several shoots about the thickness of a reeable liquor; while this liquor exudes, the tree yields no fruit; but when the shoots are allowed to grow, it puts out a large cluster or branch, on which the cocoa nuts hang, to the number of ten or twelve

_Distil_, to let fall in drops