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perfons, and harmlefs to others. The milky 

 juice, when fpread upon the hands and 

 body, has no had effect on fome perfons j 

 whereas others cannot come near it with- 

 out being bliftered. I faw a foldier whofe 

 hands were bliftered all over, merely by 

 plucking the plant, in order to {hew it 

 me ; and it is faid its exhalations affeft 

 fome people, when they come within reach 

 of them. It is generally allowed here, that 

 the laftefcent juice of this plant, when 

 fpread on any part of the human body not 

 only fwells the part, but frequently cor- 

 rodes the fkin; at leaft there are few exam- 

 ples of perfons on whom it had no efFeL 

 As for my part, it has never hurt me, 

 though in prefence of feveral people I 

 touched the plant, and rubbed my hands 

 with the juice till they were white all over; 

 and I have often rubbed the plant in my 

 hands 'till it was quite cruftied, without 

 feeling the leaft inconvenience, or change 

 on my hand-. The cattle never touch this 

 plant. 



July the 1 2th. BURDOCK, or ArSlium 

 Lappa, grows in feveral places about the 

 fort -, and the governor told me, that its 

 tender (hoots are eaten in fpring as rad- 

 difhes, after the exterior peel is taken off. 



THE Sifon Canadenfe abounds in the 



woods 



