Ancient Catalogue of Objects of Natural History. 285 



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fevers. 



44. A root called by the Indians dram-root ; because it warms their 

 stomach like a dram. 



45. Bloody root, (Sanguinaria.) It grows on the banks of Quine- 

 baug River. The juice is like blood. The Indians use it in consump- 

 tions and fevers, to cure the bite of the rattlesnake, the bloody flux, &c. 



46. Sunkucesowange, a root, with which the Indians cure cancers in 



the breast. 



47. Squianange, a root, with which the Indians cure consumptions. 



49. Mountain roots from Connecticut. The Indians chew them to 

 expell wind. 



50. Myrtle berries, of which are made candles and soap. (Myrica.) 



51. One of the candles and pieces of the soap (of 49). 



53. Indian beans bearing very long pods. 



54. Pods, seeds, and silk of the silk-grass. It grows every where in 

 North America, and in New England. The poorer sort of people make 

 beds of it. Fine hatts, &c. may be made thereof. (Asclepias.) 



55. The wool and seed of one sort of snake- weed, which grows al- 

 most every where in New England. It bears a purple red flower like 

 the columbine. After the leaves of the flower fall off, it shoots out 

 toto long buttons at the top, which in autumn open, and contain this 

 w °oL The Indians cure the bite of the rattlesnake with the root, and 

 stop bleeding with the wool. 



5 6. Nutts from their resemblance called negro-heads, which grow 

 °n trees in Bermudas and Barbadoes. 



58- Beach plum-stones, which never grow higher than the knee on 

 "te barren sand-beach. It is a very pleasant fruit. 



59 - A sort of Agaric, which the Indians use as touch-wood, and burn 

 a small place with it behind their ear upon the vein, and say they never 



ave tll e toothache afterwards on that side. 



62. A sort of indigo made out of the wild indigo wood, which grows 

 all over New England. The juice of this plant rubbed on horses, &c. 

 ee ps the flies from stinging them. 



Fossils. 



64. Fragments of shells dug up thirty feet deep in making a well 

 wee miles from the sea : great quantities of other shells were found 

 m the same place. No water was found. 



65 - A piece of red cedar petrified in a short time. 





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