The Ufoful Family Fe 
burning, and the Pitch is only Tar boiled to that — 
- Confiftence. To obtain the Tar, they pile up — 
great Heips of the Wood, and fet Fire to them — 
at Top, and the Tar fweats out of the Ends of — 
the lower, and is catched as it runs from them:._ 
Burgundy Pitch is made of the Refin of the 
wild Pine Tree, which is common Turpentine 
boiled in Water to a certain Confiftence, if they 
boil it Ionger, it would be Refin, for the com- __ 
mon Refin is only this Turpentine boiled to a. 
Hardnefs. 
The AMMONIACUM PLANT. 
AMMONIACUM,., ~ 
A Tall Plant, Native of the Eaf, and very: im= 
3 perfectly defcribed to us. What we hear of 
it is, that it grows on the Sides of Hills, and is five 
 orfix Feet high ; the Stalkis hollow and ftriated, ~~ 
and painted with various Colours like that of our - 
- Hemloc. The Flowers, we are told, are {mall and 
white, and ftand in great round Clufters at the 
Tops of the Stalks, the Leaves are very large and. 
_ €ompofed of a Multitude of fmall Divifions: One 
-Circumftance we can add from our own Know- 
_ ledge to this Defcription, and it gives great a 
_ Of the Authenticity of the reft; this is, t 
Seeds are broad, flat; ftriated, and have a folia 
nous Rim, as thofe of Dill. . We could: know by 
thefe which are found very frequently ameng the 
_ .Gum, that it was a Plant of this Kind which pro-_ 
duced it: So that there is great Probability that 
_ the reft of the Defcription, which has been given 
Us by thofe who did not know we had thisCon- 
_ firmation at Home, is true. Thefe Seeds often ap- 
pear very fair and found. I have caufed_ | 
_ Numberof them to be fown, ‘but they hav 
_ Srown. -Thoughone of a Sagapenum Seeds gr 
os ae : coat 
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