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The eatable mufhrooms at firfl appear of a 

 roundiih forrrij like a button ; the upper part and 

 the flalk are very white i the under part is of a 

 livid fiefh -colour j but the flefliy part, when bro- 

 ken, is very white. When thefe are fufFered to 

 rennain undifturbed, they will grow to a large lize> 

 and expand themfelves almofl to a flatncfs, and 

 the red part underneath will change to a dark 

 colour. 



COPPER VESSELS. 



Copper, when it is handled, yields an ofFenfive 

 finell, and if touched with the tongue, a lliarp 

 pungent tafte, and even excites a naufea. Ver- 

 dcgris is nothing but a folution of this metal by 

 vegetable acids. And it is well known, that a 

 veryfmall quantity of this folution will produce 

 cholics, vomitings, intolerable thirft, univerfa] 



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