_Tulpius_, then, speaks in the following Manner: "In the _East Indies_ nothing is more common than drinking the Decoction of an Herb, which the _Chinese_ call _Thee_, and the _Japonese_, _Tchia_. As my Accounts of this Plant were received from the best and most impartial Authors, I shall willingly hand them down to Posterity. The Herb _Tea_, therefore, has long acuminated Leaves crenated about the Edges. Its Roots are fibrous, and divided into very small Shreds. It grows not only in _China_ and _Japan_, but also in _Chiam_, only the Leaves of the _Chinese Tea_ are of a blackish green Colour: Whereas the _Japonese Tea_ is of a fainter Colour, and more grateful Taste. Hence it also happens, that the _Tchia_ of the _Japonese_, is far more esteemed than the _Thee_ of the _Chinese_; since one Pound of the former is frequently sold at an Hundred _Libræ_; for it is in these Parts of the World believed, that nothing is more salutary and beneficial than this Herb, whether for protracting Life to extreme old Age, or for preventing the Attacks of Diseases. It not only renders the Body vigorous and active, and prevents the Stone, to which none of the Inhabitants are for this Reason subject, but also removes Head-achs, Stuffings of the Head, Inflammations, and Distillations of the Eyes, a Difficulty of Breathing, Weakness of the Stomach, Gripes of the Intestines, and Weariness. It also so effectually prevents Sleep, that those who drink it at Night, can sit up, without feeling the least Inclination to sleep: for it is moderately heating, and by constricting the Mouth of the Stomach, hinders the Ascent of those Vapours which are necessary to procure Sleep; so that, by its Means, nothing hinders or interrupts those who intend to read or write all Night.