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FOOTNOTES:
[1] “Chemistry of Common Life,” Vol. ii., p. 398.
[2] “The Seventeen Years’ Travels of Pedro de Cieza de Leon through the Mighty Kingdom of Peru,” chap. lxxxiii. p. 211 (English Translation, London, 1709).
[3] “Simplicium Medicamentorum ex novo orbe delectorum quorum in Medicina usus est Historia.” liber iii. Antwerp, 1582 (translated from the Latin edition of Carolus Clusius). I have been unable to refer to the original “History of Aromatics” by Cieza, and corroborate the statements here made in regard to mastiche, tobacco, and oyster shells.
[4] “Strange and delectable history of the Discovery of Peru” (translated T. Nichols, 1581, from the Spanish of 1555, book i. chap. viii.).
[5] “Natural History of the Indies,” (translated into Latin by R. R. Cauxois, 1600) from the Spanish of 1590, book v. chap. xxii.
[6] Travels in Peru, 1838 to 1842, p. 454. London: 1847.
[7] Quoted in Markham’s Travels in Peru and India. London, 1862.