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only came to half that money, and wax 

 cofts as much again. From this tallow they 

 make candles in many parts of this pro- 

 vince, but they ufually mix fome common 

 tallow with it. Candles of this kind, do 

 not eafily bend, nor melt in fummer as 

 common candles do; they burn better and 

 flower, nor do they caufe any fmoak, but 

 rather yield an agreeable fmell, when they 

 are extinguifhed. An old Swede of ninety- 

 one years of age told me, that this fort of 

 candles had formerly been much in ufe with 

 his country men. At prefent they do 

 not make fo many candles of this kind, if 

 they can get the tallow of animals -, it be- 

 ing too troublefome to gather the berries. 

 However thefe candles are made ufe of by 

 poor people, who live in the neighbourhood 

 of a place where the bufhes grow, and have 

 not cattle enough to kill, in order to fupply 

 them with a iufficient quantity of tallow. 

 From the wax of the candleberry tree they 

 likewife make a foap here, which has an a- 

 greeable fcent, and is the bed for fhaving. 

 This wax is likewife ufed by doctors, and 

 furgeons, who reckon it exceeding good 

 for plafters upon wounds. A merchant of 

 this town once fent a quantity of thefe can- 

 dles to thofe American provinces which had 

 Roman Catholic inhabitants, thinking he 



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