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miftake is manifeft enough from the defcription of it,which Mr. Parkinfon 
th in his Herbal; t tribe XI: Chap. 2. Phafiolus filiqua birfuta’, The 
hairy ‘Kidney-bean, called in Zurratte where it grows, Couhage: We have had 
(fayshe) another of this kind brought ws out of the Eaft-Indies, which being 
planted, was in fhew like the former, but came not to perfettion, the unkindly 
feafore not fuffering it to fhew the flower 5 but of the Cods that were: brought, 
‘fome were fmaller, foorter, and rounder then the Garden kind others much 
longer sand many growing together, as it were in clufters,and cover'd all over 
with a brown fhort hairine, fo fine, that if any of it be rubb'd, or fall onthe 
back of ones hand, or other tender parts of the skin, it will canfe a kind of 
itching; but not ftrong,nor long induring, but palfing quickly away, without 
either danger or harm the Beans were fmaller then ordinary, and of a black 
foining, colour, i Ay 
- Having one of thefe Cods given me by a Sea-Captain; who had fre- 
quented ‘thofe parts, I found it to be a {mall Cod, about three Inches 
long; much like a fhort Cod of French Beans, which had fix Beans init, 
the whole furface of it was cover'd over with a very thick and fhini 
brown’ Down or Hair, which was very fine, and for its bignefs ftiff; 
taking *fome of this Down, and rubbing it on the back of my hand,1 
found. very little ornotrouble, only I was fenfible that feveral of thefe 
little'downy parts with rubbing did penetrate, and were funk, or ftuck — 
pretty deep into-my fkin. After I had thus rubb’d it for a pretty while, 
Tfelt-very little or no pain, in fo much that I doubted, whetherit were 
the true Couhage 5 but whil’ft I was confidering, I found the Down begin 
to make my hand itch, and in fome flaces to fmart again; much-like the 
{tinging of aFlea or Gnat, and this continued a pretty while, fothatby 
Jegrees'I found my {kin to be fwell’d with little red puftules, and to 
loc rn ert But wena te without ee ca 4 
ing, the itching: tickling pain quickly grew languid, and within an hour — 
I fele nothingat all, aut the litle yanlaiariite vanifh’'ds © 
The caufe of which odd Phenomenon, 1 fappofe to be much the fame 
with that of the ftinging of a Nettle, for by the Asicrofcope, V difcover'd 
this Down to confift of a multitude of {mall and flender conicalbodies, 
much refembling Needles or Bodkins, fuch as are reprefented ‘by AB. 
CD. EF. ofthe firft Figure of the XVI. Scheme; that theirends AAA; 
were very fharp, and the fubftance of them ftiff and hard, much’like the 
fbftance of feveral kinds of Thorns and crooks growing on Trees.7And 
though they appear’d very cleer and tranfparent, yet [could not per 
ceive whether they were hollow or not, but tome they appeard 
like folid tranfparent bodies, without any cavity in them; ° whether; 
though they might not be a kind of Cane, fill’d with fome tranfpa- 
rent liquor which washardned (becaufe the Cod which I had ‘was very 
dry) I was not able to examine. oS tao W ld 
Now, being fuch ftiff, harp bodies, it is eafie to conceive, how wit 
rubbing they might eafily be thruft into the tender parts of the skin,and 
there, by reafon of their exceeding finenefS-and drine&, not create a0y 
confiderable trouble or pain, till by remaining in thofe places moiftned 
with the humours of the body, fome cauftick part fticking cn them, or 
