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The long-form ſ character has been replaced by the modern s.
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Painted & Engraved by J. Miller.
Publish’d according to Act of Parliament Dec. 10th 1771.
THE
NATURAL HISTORY
OF THE
TEA-TREE,
WITH OBSERVATIONS ON
THE MEDICAL QUALITIES OF TEA,
AND ON THE
EFFECTS OF TEA-DRINKING.
A NEW EDITION.
BY JOHN COAKLEY LETTSOM, M. D.
LONDON.
PRINTED BY J. NICHOLS;
FOR CHARLES DILLY.
1799.
ADVERTISEMENT.
In the year 1769 was printed an inaugural dissertation, intituled,“Observationes ad vires Theæ pertinentes.”
In the year 1772 was published, “The Natural History ofthe Tea tree, with Observations on the Medical Qualities ofTea, and Effects of Tea-drinking,” which not only containeda translation of the Thesis, but likewise the natural history ofthis vegetable, and which having been long out of print, it wasthought a second edition would be favourably received by thepublick.
In Sir George Staunton’s Embassy to China, lately published,there are some remarks on Tea, which are occasionally ref