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Though Scalks and Leaves afford no great Nourifhment, yet they 
have fometimes kept many from ftarving, they are either fuch as are 
render or fucculent of themfelves, or made fo by earthing. Phey 
are Cichory, Selery, Endive, Sorrel, Coleworts, Mallows, of much 
ufe in the Kitchin of old, Buglofs, Lettuce, blite, Cumtry, Spinage, 
Leaves of Apples, Pears, Beech, Artichokes common and prickly, 
Mufhrooms, Purflain, on which fome people have lived in delere 
Places, Sim, Primrole, Cefaglione or the head of the Dwart Palm, 
the Head of the Palm called Cabbage-tree, Afparagus-like, young 
Shoots of Briony, black and white, Hops, Rufcus, Equifetum, which 
isreckon’d unwholefome, and Ferule, Sea-weeds, tender Leaves and 
Sarments of Vines, White thorn, and Tamarind-uce-leaves. 1 
find alfo in want, that People have thought of young Oak- Apple, 
and Pear-tree- bark, as well as Fir-tree-Cones. | 
Many feed on Pulfe, as Peafe of the Garden, and wild Beans, 
Vetches, Orobi, Lupins, Kidney-beans, Lentils, Lornus Agyptiaca. 
Many on the Seeds of Lolium or Cockle, which is plentiful when 
Corn is fcarce, and prepar’d by being well waterd, boil’d, dry'd, 
and made into Flour for Bread, which has been ufed in {carcity of 
Food, Sometimes this Bread has been taken out of the Oven, foak’d 
in Water, and bak’d again to free it of it’s bad qualities. 
Poppy: feeds were likewife in ufe of old, and Flax-feed, though 
thought unwholefome, alfo Fenugrec feeds, and Hemp-feeds, on 
which I have known. a Woman in An¢gland feed many Months, 
Not to {peak of Acorns and Beech-maft, the Food of our Fore- 
Fathers, Dates, the Food of many People in Barbary and Arabia, 
Figs, Piftachias, the Sevennois in France feed on Chefnuts, the Broth 
or Soupe of which] have heard is very nourifhing. oachimus Strup- 
pius, in his Book abovementioned, tells us that Bread may be made 
of Apples, Citrons, Oranges, Pears, Sloes, Cherries, Sorvices, Al- 
monds, Hazelnuts, Heps, Plums, Grapes, Pine-kernels, Bill-ber- 
ries, Rasberries, Strawberries, Mulberries, Peaches, Cucumbers, 
Melons and Pompions. ‘The Pulp of the Pods of the Carob, or Si- 
liqua-tree, in which the Seed lies, is alfo eaten in Italy, and the Bichy 
or Buzzee-tree in Guinea, ‘The Fruits of Arbutus, mala infana, tribulus 
terrefiris, and Coco, are likewife fed on in the places wherethey grow, 
and the latter tran{ported for provifion to other places. 
All forts of Skins of Beafts, or Leather, or Things made of them, 
Girdles, Shoes, Belts, Shields, ec. are foak’d, and'eaten, in want 
of better Food: Mules Flefh, and Buffalos Flefh dry’d and pow- 
der’d, Panthers, Bears, Lions, Foxes, Rhinocerots, Bats, large Toads 
in New-England, Wolves, Cats, Otters, Badgers and Beavers, Mice, 
Tatou and Opoffum ; Bitds of Prey when young, Oxygala, fowr Milk, 
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