South America - A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume 7 - By Robert Kerr
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The Tree Which Produces This Pepper Has A Larger Body, With Broader And Flatter Leaves Than The Pepper Tree Of Calicut.

This island produces plenty of silk, which is the work of worms as with us; but there is another kind brought forth on the trees spontaneously without any care or labour, which is worse than the other.

Here likewise grows the _laser_ tree, which produces the precious gum called _Laserpitium_ or _Belzoe_[93], as we were told by the inhabitants and merchants, but not having myself seen it I am unable to give any distinct account of this substance. Variety is always pleasing, and ingenious minds can never be satiated with contemplating the marvellous and diversified works of God in nature: Therefore, that the reader may take the more pleasure in these my writings, or at least may experience less tediousness in reading them, I have thought good to set down such things as I have seen more at large. It is therefore to be understood that the reason of no great quantity of _aloes_ or _Laserpitium_ being brought to us is because it comes from the farthest parts of the earth. There are three kinds or sorts of _aloes_, differing greatly in point of goodness. The most perfect is that called _Calampat_, which is not found in Sumatra, but is brought from the city of _Sarnau_ near which it grows, as we were told by our companions the Christian merchants formerly mentioned. There is another kind of _aloes_ called _Juba_ or _Luba_, brought to Sumatra by the before mentioned river or strait, but I know not from what country.

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