is to be found; for, if they can provide nothing else, this Herb, which they frequently find, and carry home on Carts and Horses, proves sufficient for their Sustenance." But I shall proceed to contemplate our _Chamelæagnus_, with greater Accuracy. It is, therefore, certain, that _Iceland_, a cold and harsh Climate, produces the best _Angelica_ in all _Europe_; and _Norway_, which is somewhat milder, though intolerably cold in the _Winter_, yet affords those large Quantities of _Gentian_, and other medicinal Herbs, which the Traders in _Germany_ and _Holland_ have annual Occasion for. It is therefore probable, that our _Chamelæagnus_ may also be possessed of very singular medicinal Virtues; and, that it is so, we shall afterwards fully demonstrate. If it should be objected, that the _Chinese_ and _Tartarian Teas_ have become famous, but not the _European Chamelæagnus_; I answer, that the Objection has no Foundation in Reason; because the Qualities and Temperaments of Medicines are not altered by the Time at which they began to be in Repute: Thus the _Angelica_ of _Iceland_, and the _Norvegian Gentian_ are celebrated in _Europe_; and tho' it is not to be doubted, but _Tartary_, and other Countries, lying under the same Elevation of the Pole, produce _Angelica_ and _Gentian_ equally good, yet these Medicines are not there celebrated, because the Inhabitants have not ventured upon the Use of them. Thus, the perfumed Gloves sent us from _Greece_, are more esteemed than those smelling of _Amber_, _Musk_, _Stacte_, and _Cassia_, sent us from _Italy_, and _Spain_, only because they were famed before these latter Countries began to use such a Practice; such, and so great, is the Tyranny of Opinion, and the Force of Custom! It is, therefore, merely an ill-grounded Opinion, to believe that our _Chamelæagnus_ is inferior in Virtues to the _Chinese_ or _Tartarian Tea_; or that it is to be neglected, and not introduced into the Shops. Nor is it reasonable to infer, that it is not the _Chinese Tea_, because it has never been prepared in their Manner; or that it ought not to be substituted in its stead, because it has hitherto been little known, and only used by a few instead of Hops. Tho' I am always willing to yield to superior and more powerful Reasons, yet I cannot help thinking, that our _Chamelæagnus_ may be very commodiously substituted to the _Chinese Tea_. Thus the _Scordium_ of _Crete_ is generally thought the best of all others, for no other Reason, but that it grows there. The _Germans_ and _Danes_, however, ceased to import it from _Crete_ and _Venice_, after they discovered the true _Scordium_, and found large Quantities of it produced in _Lapland_, which also yielded great Plenty, not inferior to that of _Asia_; so that we despise the _Asiatic_, in comparison of our own. Thus, also, when we found from Experience, that the Qualities of our common _Wormwood_, were not inferior to those of the _Wormwood_ brought