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f . From thefe experiments we may almoit 

 be fure by affinity and analogy, whether mea- 

 dows or paftures are falutary or noxious to par- 

 ticular animals ; e. g. long experience has taught 

 Us that our Jheef take up poifoh in marfhy 

 grounds, though no one till lately knew what 

 was the particular poifori. Yet \h(t fpiderwort 

 Q.6y. the moufe-ear fcorpion grafs I ^^. the mer- 

 cury 823. the fun-dew 257,8. the hairy wood 

 grafs 287. the lejfer fpearwort 4.^8. the butter- 

 wort 21. have evidently fufpicioiis marks ^ I 

 will therefore propofe a new experiment. The 

 andromeda Fl. Virgin. 160. is known to be a 

 mod rank poifon to Iheep in Virginia. The 

 andromeda^ called by the people of New York 

 dwarf laurel i Cold. Ad. Upfal. 1743. p. 123. 

 is very fatal to the iheep in New York. Thefe 

 two plants are of a different fpecies^ but of the 

 fame natural genus, and therefore have the 

 fame vertues. Amongft us, efpecially in the 

 northern parts, the wild rofemary^ ayidromeda 



^ There is great reafon to tliink that what makes low 

 grounds io noxious to fhcep is not the moifture, but the 

 plants that grow there. For it is obferved by {hepherds that 

 the great danger to (heep is immediately after a frefli fpring 

 of grafs, which i imagine is owing to their licking up the 

 young and tender flioots of poifonous plants, along with 

 iheir proper food, not being able to diilinguiih them. 



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