Part 22 (1/2)

Where is Mount Libanus?

Mount Libanus, or Lebanon, is situated in Asiatic Turkey; it was anciently fae and beautiful cedar trees The ”Cedars of Lebanon” are frequentlyof superior size and antiquity, but they vary fros; and their nu athered?

Froust to Septean incision at the foot of the tree, each day over that of the preceding, about four inches from one another: these cuts, or incisions, are nearly two inches long, and half an inch deep

When the cut is ins to flow, at first like clear water, but congealing as it flows, it soon becomes firm: this they collect in baskets Manna has been found to consist of two distinct substances one nearly resee

What nation was fed with a kind of Manna?

The Children of Israel, andering in the desert wilderness, where no food was to be procured, were fed by a miraculous supply of round in such quantities as to afford sufficient food for the whole host

What is Opiuummy, resinous juice, drawn from the head of the white poppy, and afterwards thickened; it is brought over in dark, reddish brown lumps, which, when powdered, beco sleep and drowsiness

In what countries is it cultivated?

In many parts of Asia, India, and even the southern parts of Europe, whence it is exported into other countries The Turks, and other Eastern nations, chew it With us it is chiefly used in medicine The juice is obtained from incisions made in the seed-vessels of the plant; it is collected in earthen pots, and allowed to become sufficiently hard to be forht In Europe the poppy is cultivated mostly for the seeds

Morphia and laudanum are medicinal preparations of opium

What is Tobacco?

An herbaceous plant which flourishes in many temperate climates, particularly in North America; it is supposed to have received its name from Tabaco, a province of Mexico; it is cultivated in the West Indies, the Levant, on the coast of Greece, in the Archipelago, Malta, Italy, France, Ceylon, &c It was not known in Europe till the discovery of Aland about the time of Queen Elizabeth, either by Sir Francis Drake or Sir Walter Raleigh Tobacco is either taken as snuff, sars, or chewed in the mouth like opium There are many different species of this plant, most of them natives of America, some of the Cape of Good Hope and China Tobacco contains a powerful poison called nicotine

_Herbaceous_, like an herb or plant, not a shrub or tree

What part of the plant is used?

The leaves, which are stripped fro moistened ater, are twisted up into rolls; these are cut up by the tobacconist, and variously prepared for sale, or reduced into a scented powder called snuff

Who was Sir Francis Drake?