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The little Sparrow. 



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®^|g 



HIS Bird is entirely of a 

 brown colour ; lefs than our 

 Hedge-Sparrow, but partak- 



ing 



much of the nature of 



Petit Moineau 



/ 



E T Oifeau eji entierement brun. 



petit que notre 



II 



moineau de haye 5 

 refle il lui rejfemble fort. 



mats au 



Ces 



They are not numerous, being ufually 'Moineaux ne font pas en grand nomhre : on 



feen fingle, hopping under bufhcs; 



they 



les voit prefque toujours feuls^ fautillant 



feed on Infe£ls, and are feen moft com- fous les buiffons : ils fe nourijfent d'^infeBes, 



mon near houfes in Virginia and Carolina^ 



fe tiennent proches des matfons : ils font 



where they breed and abide the whole leurs petits 



y 



year 



Virgiaie 



reflent toute Pan nee 

 la Caroline* 



a la 



Convulvulus Carolinienfis \ angujlo^ fagittato folio 5 flore ampliftmo^ purpurea 5 radice 



crajfa. 



The Purple Bindweed of Carolina. 



HE 



and of the lize and {hape of common white Bind- 



weed. 



head of an arrow. 



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putation in Carolifiay told' me, that he has feen an Indian daub 

 himfelf with the juice of this Plant ; immediately after which, 

 he handled a Rattle-Snake with his naked hands, without 

 receiving any harm from it, though thought to be the moft 

 venemous of the Snake-kind. I have alfo heard feveral others 

 affirm, that they have feen the Indians ufe a plant to guard 

 themfelves againft the venom of this fort of Snake ; but they 



were not obfcrvers nice enough to inform me of what kind 

 it was. 



Lifeton pourpre de la Caroline, 



the leaves are fhaped like the ordinaire. 

 Moore, a Gentleman of eood re- ^^^.*^^ /^ 



Jleur de ce Lifeton eji d'un pourpre tirant fur U ro\ 

 a grandeur ©* de la forme de celle du Lifeton b. 

 11 fleurit au mois de "Juin : fes feuilles font fc 

 me la pointe d'une fecbe. Un Gentil-homme tres e/litne 

 oline, nomme le Colonel Moore, m'a affure qiiil avoit 

 TndieHy qui apres setre frotte du fuc de cette Plante^ tvuc 

 c les 7naim nues un ferpent a foiette^ fans en recevoit am 

 ^mmodite^ quoi que ce jerpent pa[je pour etre le plus ventn. 

 ous. f'ai aujji entendu dire a plufieurs autres perfonneSy 

 Tndie7is fe fervent du fuc d'une plant e pour fe garantir 

 in de ce ferpent \ 77iais ces perfonnes netoient pas capable, 

 fpecifer celle qui avoit cette avoft cette vert if. 



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