jWhey to peasants S in which last case, the juices~are purified by
. Caaton- - the subsequent fermentation. Notwithstanding this
cleanly operation oft Chinese packers, the' upper-ranks
in China are as fdnd u f tea-as the people are, and particularly
solicitous in thelB'chhrce of it. That d l it good
quality is’ dearer in Pekin than in London. It is sometimes
made up into.ballsy ashas been already memtiohe#.
A strorig black extract also, is frequently madd frem it.
Many virtues are attributed to tea, \fchieh is in universal
Use;throughout the empire. The warm infusion of ally
aromatic herb: is, no doubt, likely td be grateful'to persons
exhausted, by fatigue, frequently occasioning a vior
lent perspmation; as well as to. stomachs labouring with
indigestion. One of thp best qualities*'perhaps, of i t p ’
that the taste for it and the habit of drinking;it;- at;®
times lessens, the relofh.Icte fermented and inebriating
liquors. The poor infuse Iheysame leases several times
oxeori This plant is cultivatki'in SeveraBo§ the.pro-vi»ces
oft China, but seldom mme northerly than thirty degrees
beyond the. Equator. It thrives.best between thal parallel
and. the line that separates the; temperatefrom ths torrid
zone:; tho it is to be found also in the. Chinesd jprdvirice
oft Yunnan^ to the southward of iti Seveififtspedifiiiils
of the tea plant, and of others chiefly cultivated inChiria,
were. procured .by die Embassador and sent to Bengal,
in some, parts of which his Excellency had beenrinform-
ed, were' districts adapted for theft cultivation. Sneh