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THE TRAVELS OF
Chunam is nothing more than burnt lime made of the fineſt ſhells. To theſe three articles is often added for luxury, what they call cachoonda, a japan earth, which from perfumes, and other mixtures, receives a high improvement. The mite of it is, at firſt, little better than that of common chalk, but ſoon turns to a favor that dwells agreeably on the palate.
Another addition they uſe, termed catchoo, is a blackiſh, granulated, perſumed ſubſtance; and a great provocative, when taken alone, which is not a ſmall conſideration with the Aſiatics in general.
So prevalent is, the cuſtom of
chewing
