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torn off. in about fifteen days it thickens in the furrow down which it runs, hardening on exposure to the air, usually in the form of round or oval tears, about the size of a pigeon's egg, but sometimes in vermicular forms, white or red, according to whether the species is a white or red gum tree.
whiteness, clearness, freedom from adhering matter, etc. it is next sorted or 'picked' in accordance with these differences. there are many kinds of acacia gum in commerce: kordofan gum, collected in upper egypt and the sudan, in kordofan, dafur and arabia, and exported from alexandria, is considered...
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