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even longer, according to the quality of the foil 

 on which the trees (land ; and, during the whole 

 time of their being in bloffom, they fpread their 

 odoriferous exhalations. The berries like wife 

 look very fine when they are ripe, for they have 

 a rich red colour, and hang in bunches on (len- 

 der {talks. The cough, and other peftoral dif- 

 eafes, are cured by putting the berries into rurn 

 or brandy, of which a draught every morning 

 may be taken ; the virtues of this remedy were 

 univerfally extolled, and even praifed for their 

 falutary effeds in confumptions. The bark be- 

 ing put into brandy* or boiled in any other li- 

 quor, is faid not only to eafe peftoral difeafes, 

 but likewife to be of fome fervice againft all in- 

 ternal pains and heat ; and it was thought that a 

 decodtion of it could (lop the dyfentery. Perfons 

 who had caught cold, boiled the branches of the 

 beaver tree in water, and drank it to their great 

 relief. A Swede^ called Lars Lack, gave the 

 following account of a cure effected by this tree : 

 One of his relations, an old man, had an open 

 fore in his leg, which would not heal up again, 

 though he had had much advice, and ufed many 

 remedies. An Indian at laft effeded the cure in 

 the following manner. He burnt fome of this 

 wood to charcoal, which he reduced to powder, 

 mixed with the frefh fat of pork, and rubbed the 

 open places fcveral times. This dried up the 

 holes, which before were continually open, and 

 the legs of the old man were quite found to his 

 death. The wood is likewife made ufe of for 

 joiners planes. 



Qft. 2ad. UPON trial it has been found that 

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