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beds, and to adorn their houfes ; the cat- 

 tle are very fond of it : it is likewife em- 

 ployed in packing goods. 



The Spartium fcoparium grew in Mr. 

 Bartram's garden from Englijh feeds ; he 

 faid that he had feveral bullies of it, but 

 that the froft in the cold winters here had 

 killed mod of them : they however grow 

 fpontaneoufly in Sweden. 



Mr. Bart ram had fome Truffles, ox Lin- 

 nceus's Lycoperdon Tuber, which he had got 

 out of a fandy foil in New Jerfey, where 

 they are abundant. Thefe he mewed to 

 his friend from Carolina, and aiked him 

 whether they were the Tuckahoo of the In- 

 dians. But the ftranger denied it, and ad- 

 ded that though thefe truffles were likewife 

 very common in Carolina, yet he had never 

 feen them ufed any other way but in milk, 

 againft the dyfentery ; and he gave us the- 

 following description of the Tuckahoo. It 

 grows in feveral fwamps and marines, and 

 is commonly plentiful. The hogs greedily 

 dig up its roots with their notes in fucli 

 places ; and the Indians in Carolina likewife 

 gather them in their rambles in the woods, 

 dry them in the fun mine, grind them and 

 bake bread of them. Whilft the root is 

 frefli it is harfh and acrid, but being dried 

 it lofes the greateft part of its acrimony. 



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