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iifed any other way but in milk, again ft the dy- 

 fentery ; and he gave us the following defcriptiort 

 of the Tuckaboo. It grows in feveral ivvamps and 

 marfhes, and is commonly plentiful. The hogs 

 greedily dig up its roots with their nofes in fuch 

 places > and the Indians in Carolina likewifc 

 gather them in their rambles in the woods, dry 

 them in the fun -fhine, grind them, and bake bread 

 of them. Whilft the rcfot is fre(h it is liaffli and 

 acrid, but being dried it lofes the greatefl part 

 of its acrimony. To judge by thefe qualities 

 the Tuckaboo may very likely be the Arum Virgi- 

 nianum. Compare with this account, what mall 

 be related in the fequel of the Tabim and ^uckah. 

 AFTER dinner I again returned to town. 

 Nov. 8th. SEVERAL Eng/ift and Swedifo 

 ceconomifts kept bee-hives, which afforded their 

 poiTeflbrs profit: for bees fucceed very well here : 

 the wax: was for the mofi part fold to tradef- 

 men : but the honey they made ufe of in their 

 own families, in different ways. The people were 

 unanimous, that the common bees were not iri 

 North America before the arrival of the Eu- 

 ropeans -> but that they were firft brought over 

 by the Englifo who fettled here. The Indians 

 likewife generally declare, that their fathers had 

 never feen any bees either in the woods or any 

 where elfe, before the Europeans had been feve- 

 ral years fettled here. This*' is further confirmed 

 by the name which the Indians give them: for, 

 having no particular name for them in their lan- 

 guage, they call them Englijh flies, becaufe the 

 Englijh firft brought them over ; but at prefent 

 they fly plentifully about the woods of North 

 VOL. I. America. 



