Letter received by Banks from William Bligh, 16 August 1793 (Series 50.31) - No. 0002

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There is a parcell of Peeah or Sage Root of Otaheite (as I call it) -- desolving it in boiling milk & sweetening it with sugar makes a pleasant pap & highly valuable in my opinion in fluxes -- perhaps in consumptive cases. --

The glass contains the wild Mangostan of Jamaica & some [Raisberrys?]

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