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(a) The casfarii gehira is the berries of an Eastern rhamnus, or buckthorn-tree; and may be had at Aleppo, and other parts of the Levant, at a small price. The common Avignon or yellow berries may be substituted, but not with so good an effect; the casfarii gehira being a stronger and brighter yellow dye, both for this use, and also that of colouring paper-hangings, &c. town of Spain, in Andalusia; seated in a territory abounding in corn, wine, and a great number of olive-trees, of whose fruit they make the best oil in Spain. W. Long. 5. 32. N. Lat. 36. 52.