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An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa

Note 70 — FAS TO TIMBUCTOO,

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Footnote 70: (return) A decoction of the herb henna produces a deep orange die. It is used generally by the females on their hands and feet: it allays the violence of perspiration in the part to which it is applied, and imparts a coolness.

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