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THE TRAVELS OF
is ſoft and yielding to the touch. Patna is allowed to fend the beſt to market: it is there purchaſed at a cheap rate, though extremely dear in ſome parts of India. It has nearly oppoſite qualities ſupplying, at one time, and raiſing exhilirating ideas at another; it occaſions drowſineſs, and vigilance; and taken to an exceſs, brings on a midneſs that ceaſes only in death.
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