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GANGETIC HINDOOSTAN. 353
farther fouth, is found two fpecies of the Lauras, of Linnaus,
the L. Caßa, and another unnamed ; the root of the firft, dried,
has the flavor of cinnamon, and is ufed medicinally by the
natives.
In refpecT: to European fruits, here are good orchards of European;
peaches, apricots, apples, and pears, walnuts are not unfrequent,
ftrawberries and bilberries are common, the firft excellent.
The Arbutus uva urß, common to Scotland and the Alps, is
found here. The number of plants which grow under the
name of weeds, common to this country, England, and other
parts of Europe, is very great.
Mr. Saunders enters into the mineral kingdom, but feems
to referve the depth of his enquiries for a larger work. At
p. 81, he fpeaks of a whitifh quartz, as ufed in the porcelain
bufinefs; in parts, he met with a flinty fpar of a fort of grä-
mte, and a pure limeftone. On the front of a certain mountain Vast Coium-
he was ftruck with the appearance of fix or feven angulafed
femi-pillars of great circumference, and fome hundreds of feet
high, projecting over a great cataracT:. Gold is found in form
of duft, and in large quantities, and often in large lumps, and
veins adhering to fli'nt and quartz. There are alfo lead, iron,
and copper.
Rock-salt and tincal, in vaft quantities, from the bottom of RockSalt,
a lake mTbibet. This laft is got in great mafies, but broken to
pieces for the conveniency of carriage; it feems inexhauftible;
the lake is twenty miles in circumference, feated bleakly, and
frozen during a great part of the year. In Tbibet it is ufed
to folder with, and promote the fufion of gold and filver.
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farther fouth, is found two fpecies of the Lauras, of Linnaus,
the L. Caßa, and another unnamed ; the root of the firft, dried,
has the flavor of cinnamon, and is ufed medicinally by the
natives.
In refpecT: to European fruits, here are good orchards of European;
peaches, apricots, apples, and pears, walnuts are not unfrequent,
ftrawberries and bilberries are common, the firft excellent.
The Arbutus uva urß, common to Scotland and the Alps, is
found here. The number of plants which grow under the
name of weeds, common to this country, England, and other
parts of Europe, is very great.
Mr. Saunders enters into the mineral kingdom, but feems
to referve the depth of his enquiries for a larger work. At
p. 81, he fpeaks of a whitifh quartz, as ufed in the porcelain
bufinefs; in parts, he met with a flinty fpar of a fort of grä-
mte, and a pure limeftone. On the front of a certain mountain Vast Coium-
he was ftruck with the appearance of fix or feven angulafed
femi-pillars of great circumference, and fome hundreds of feet
high, projecting over a great cataracT:. Gold is found in form
of duft, and in large quantities, and often in large lumps, and
veins adhering to fli'nt and quartz. There are alfo lead, iron,
and copper.
Rock-salt and tincal, in vaft quantities, from the bottom of RockSalt,
a lake mTbibet. This laft is got in great mafies, but broken to
pieces for the conveniency of carriage; it feems inexhauftible;
the lake is twenty miles in circumference, feated bleakly, and
frozen during a great part of the year. In Tbibet it is ufed
to folder with, and promote the fufion of gold and filver.
Vol. II. Z z lincal