the Reason of thy supercilious Air: Do thou, in the mean time, guard against a supercilious Behaviour, as much as thou possibly canst; but, like a faithful Centinel, placed in a particular Post by thy Master, rigidly maintain and adhere to those Things which, to thee, appear best and most praise-worthy; and, for thy Comfort, remember this, that if thou resolutely keepest thy Post, thou wilt, at last, become the Admiration of those who before derided thee: Whereas, if thou shamefully quittest thy Station, and succumbest to the heedless and unthinking Herd, thou wilt be doubly derided." But, as moral Reflections may be thought impertinent on such Occasions, we shall return to our Subject. _Dodonæus_, therefore, in _Pemptad. 1. Lib. 2. Cap. 20._ tells us, "that _Betony_ has oblong, broad, and green Leaves, somewhat rough, serrated about the Edges, and resembling those of the Oak, though somewhat smaller." Now, _Tulpius_ informs us, that the Leaves of _Tea_ are oblong, acuminated and serrated about the Edges: And _Olearius_ affirms, that they are about an Inch in Length, and half an Inch in Breadth. _Tulpius_ also asserts, that in _China_, they are of a dark green Colour; whereas, in _Japan_, they are of a fainter Colour; so that these Descriptions quadrate very exactly with _Betony_. The _Chamelæagnus_ is, by _Dodonæus_, in _Stirp. Histor. Pemptad. 6. Cap. 20._ described in the following Manner: "The _Chamelæagnus_ is a small and low Shrub, rarely rising to the Height of a Cubit: It sends forth some Branches, which bear small, broad, and oblong Leaves, not unlike those of the _Myrtle_, but harder, and frequently longer: All the Parts of the Shrub, and especially its Seeds, are somewhat odorous: It delights in wild and uncultivated Soils, which are somewhat marshy and aqueous." The Authors before quoted, have made no Mention, either of the Seeds, or Flowers; nor, though I have had an Opportunity of turning over large Quantities of _Tea_, have I ever found any Part of a Flower, Stem, Apex, Calyx, Down, Seed, Pods of Seed, Berries, or any Thing analogous to any of these, except some few Pieces, of a Kind of arundinacious Grass; from which we may justly infer, that the _Chinese Tea_ delights in uncultivated, aqueous, and marshy Soils, as well as the _European Chamelæagnus_; which, as described by _Dodonæus_, exactly resembles the _Tea_ of the _Chinese_. The Reasons why I have compared _Tea_ to _Betony_, are sufficiently obvious; since my Accounts of the former, taken from _Trigautius_, _Rhodius_, and _Bontius_, exactly agree to the latter; for _Trigautius_ affirms, that the Leaves called _Tea_, when gathered from a certain Shrub, and boiled in Water, afford that celebrated Liquor, so much used by the _Chinese_, _Japonese_, and their neighbouring Nations: And _Rhodius_ asserts, that the Leaves of _Tea_ are, in a great measure, like those of the _Myrtle_, and, in Bulk, equal to those of the _Pomegranate_. I