Journey to stirred . The glutinous mass is then mixed withclay-and
— lime, Md pAjinto an eakhen %essd, with another «of the
same size properly luted over k ;; the lower v^seljjhling
placed bYer a slow fire; the camphor gradually sublimes
through the dfay1 and lime, and adheres to the sid ^ tf Ciht
upper vessel , forming a cake of a shape lc|irresponding to
the cavity whi3h received it. Its is« hhwevfer/Jess; pure
and muchbleaker than what is discovered in jisplid:state
among the fxbrek of the trunks as turpentine isTound in
different sorts of pines.«: In thergreat-, hut ill-peopled/
island ofBorndo/and also in Japan «the camphor rtteeis
felled for the sole purpose of findingthis costly drug in
substance among the splinters o f the trunk, in thessSame
manner as other trees are felled in Louisiana? merely -$jir
collecting the fruit th ey bear upon their summits^: The
Borneo or Japan camphor is; pure, audsoivery.strong;;
as readily to communicate muchofi tsodour anditsvir-
tUe® to other inspissated oils, which iithwsiiipfiiSsiife^Tii^
camphor; and: this adulterated drug.#» sold by Hhinpjgf
artists at a vastly lower price than ;th ^ gave themselyes
for the genuine substance from Borneo or Japan. The
tallow tree grows generally near, and ; the camphor further,
from the banks of the river/ Great quantities # f
the arbiw vita, cm thuya,- grew to a prodigious height in
the valley in; which stands; the ck^ecff-Yen-rehoo-foQ.
The river beyond that place became so shallow, that tho
the barges; drew less than onedoot water,, it was necessary
d te th e bargemen tb draw them forward by mferehodily journey tp
strength; and at lengthïfsevecal of the peasants were emr — —- ■
plowed in removing :die pebblescovered with the green
conferva!/ which formed fobbpttomof: the river,f in order
to make an artificial )dkiunelffcr;thb pa&sage of the hargeb.
Those - pébhles' consisted, dhiefly lof, fragmènts of quartz
and siliceous stones.1, $ I
¥ ’ -While! fhusi dofa^öd, jthe boats were ouertakeri.hyv two
geritöêi-yOung menwhof weretcUribus totseeftHietEmbas-
*,s’ado¥5,( and' followed himvfcom - Han-ehoo.dböjd They
Vzdte.^&énóüred themselves yrith itfje' sametdfee^ffom
the Kingofethé fje'qurdsedilands. Their dress wiasiaivefy
IWöiscföCOf shawl,' manufactured iimtheir own icpuatup,
dyèd-'ofoa fb'êöutiful brown colour-, .’and -lined with'tfefe
for-of squirrels ;J tfad »fashionIwas! neariyfLHijrmse:g They
^êrblturbaiïs-5 one ‘off yfellnWidhe’ ©thereof puriplj^ silk,
meatly.-foldedriduhdf their heads.-^hey had neither linen
nop:cotton’,in any partófstteindiiess that>£0iald,;bd'p"er<-
oeived. Thes^young men were .well looking,ithamfp.
dark complexion, well-bred? convèrsibléjamd .communicative.
T h ey hadjust arrivedf at Han-choo-foo in their
-Way to Pekin, where thdtechief serfdssdelegatés regularly
every two years, charged? to offer, the tributes rand, p ay
homage from their-master/ totheiEmperoj?. ^They landed
labthe-port of Emouy intheïpfovinoeuftFoeehert, which
alone 'was open tb those 'stranger sl^fcThey understood
Chinese! hut had"alsd-a proper* language ofnthei» own.