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bably, that fevere but fometimes ufefiiil 

 miitrefs, necefiity, has firft taught men to 

 find out a food, which the firft tafle would 

 have rejected as ufelefs. This Taw- ho feems 

 to be the fame with what the Indians in 

 Carolina call Tuckahoo ; and of which fee 

 Vol. I. p. 287. 



Taw-kee is another plant, fo called by 

 the Indians , who eat it. Some of them call 

 it Taw-kim, and others Tackvim. The 

 Swedes call it always by the name of Taw- 

 kee. The plant grows in marfhes, near 

 moift and low grounds, and is very plenti- 

 ful in North America. The cattle, hogs and 

 flags, are very fond of the leaves in fpring ; 

 for they are fome of the eariieft. The 

 leaves are broad, like thofe of the Convaila- 

 ria, or Lilly of the Valley, green on the 

 upper fide, and covered with very minute 

 hair, fo that they looked like a fine velvet. 

 The Indians pluck the feeds, and keep them 

 for eating. They cannot be eaten "frefh or 

 raw, but mult, be dried. The Indians were 

 forced to boil them repeatedly in water, be- 

 fore they were fit for ufe ; and then they 

 ate them like peafe. When the Swedes 

 gave them butter or milk, they boiled or 

 broiled the feeds in it. Sometimes they em- 

 ploy thefe feeds inftead of bread -, and they 

 tafte like peafe. Some of the Swedes like- 



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