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54 Chunam is nothing more than burnt lime made of the finet hells. To thee 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 firt, little better than that of common chalk, but oon turns to a favor that dwells agreeably on the palate.

Another addition they ue, termed catchoo, is a blackih, granulated, perumed ubtance; and a great provocative, when taken alone, which is not a mall conideration with the Aiatics in general.

So prevalent is, the cutom of chewing