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Mr. Lightfoot * fays, that he heard that 

 celebrated botanic painter, the late Mr. Chrif- 

 topher Eh ret, declare, that while he was 

 drawing this plant, the fmell or effluvia only 

 rendered him giddy, that he was feveral 

 times obliged to quit the room, and walk 

 out in the frefli air to recover himfelf : but 

 recolledling at laft what might probably be 

 the caufe of his repeated illnefs, he opened 

 the doors and windows of his room, and the 

 free air then enabled him to finifli his work 

 without any more returns of giddinefs. 



Eleven French prifoners had the liberty 

 of walking in and about the town of Eem- 

 broke : three of them being in the fields a 

 little before noon, found and dug up a large 

 quantity of a plant with its roots, which 

 they took to be wild celeri, to eat wuth their 

 bread and butter for dinner. After waftiing 

 it while in the fields, they all three eat, or 

 rather tafted of the roots -f. 



AxS they were entering the town, without 

 any previous notice of ficknefs at the ftomach, 



* FJor Scot. vol. i. p. 162. 

 t Letter from Mr. Howell, Surgeon at Haverford- 

 weft, to Dr. Watfon. Phil. Tranf. N° 480, p. 229. 

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