[Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and by James Emerson Tennent]@TWC D-Link book
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and

CHAPTER I
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230.] [Footnote 2: _Voyages_, &c.

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205.] The leaves of the coca[1] supply the Indians of Bolivia and Peru with a stimulant, whose use is equivalent to that of the betel-pepper among the natives of Hindustan and the Eastern Archipelago.

With an admixture of lime, they are chewed perseveringly; but, unlike the betel, the colour imparted by them to the saliva is greenish, instead of red.


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