98 March 1749. 



part of America, I met with the other 1 pe- 

 cies of Sagittaria which we have in Sweden* 

 T a w-h o and 'Taw-bim was the Indian name 

 of another plant, the root of which they eat. 

 Some of them likewife call it Tuckah ; but 

 molt of the Swedes frill knew it by the 

 name of law Jjo. It grows in moift ground 

 and fwamps. Hogs are very greedy of the 

 roots, and grow very fat by feeding on them. 

 Therefore, they often vifit the places where 

 thefe roots grow -, and they are frequently 

 feen rooting up the mud, and falling with 

 their whole body into the water, fo that 

 only a little of the back part was out of the 

 water. It is therefore very plain, that thefe 

 roots muft have been extirpated in places 

 which are frequented by hogs. The roots 

 often grow to the thicknefs of a man's 

 thigh. When they are frem, fhey have a 

 pungent tafte, and are reckoned a poifon in 

 that frefh ftate. Nor did the Indians ever 

 venture to eat them raw, but prepared them 

 in the following manner : They gathered a 

 great heap of thefe roots, dug a great long 

 hole, fometimes two or three fathoms and 

 upwards in length, into which they put the 

 roots, and covered them with the earth that 

 had been taken out of the hole ; they made 

 a great fire above it, which burnt till they 

 thought proper to remove it; and then 



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