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enough for the purpofe, efpecially whilft 

 it is frefh, and likevvife becaufe it is very 

 light. The Thuya wood is reckoned one 

 of the beft for the ufe of lime-kilns. Its 

 branches are ufed all over Canada for befoms ; 

 and the twigs and leaves of it being natural- 

 ly bent together, feem to be very proper for 

 the purpofe. The Indians make fuch befoms 

 and bring them to the towns for fale, nor 

 do I remember having feen any befoms of 

 any other wood. The frefli branches have 

 a peculiar, agreeable fcent, which is pretty 

 ftrongly fmelled in houfes where they make 

 ufe of befoms of this kind. 



THIS Thuya is made ufe of for feveral 

 medicinal purpofes. The commandant of 

 Fort St. Frederic* M. de Lujignan, could 

 never fufficiently praife its excellence for 

 rheumatic pains. He told me he had often 

 feen it tried, with remarkable good fuccefs, 

 upon feveral perfons, in the following man- 

 ner. The frefli leaves are pounded in a 

 mortar, and mixed with hog's greafe, or 

 any other greafe. This is boiled together 

 till it becomes a falve, which is fpread on 

 linen, and applied to the part where the 

 pain is. The falve gives certain relief in a 

 fhort time. Againft violent pains, which 

 move up and down in the thighs, and fome- 

 times fpread all over the body, they recom-- 



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