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would willingly call a Liquorifh Bufh, becaufe 

 it tafles like Liquorifli, and to either chew, or 

 make Tea of its Roots : I complyed with the Pre- 

 fcription, which almoft inftantaneoufly caufed 

 me to expectorate, and indeed foon cleared my 

 Lungs of the Cough : This bufh runs along, (not 

 unlike a Vine) upon common Field Stone Walls, 

 wild, bearing Seeds of a lively Scarlet, and Coal- 

 black Colours, that are as round as Peas^ both 

 thefe Colours are on them all. 



13. In Paragraph the Ninth, of my fecond 

 Letter, I ought to have defcribed the Tamarind- 

 tree, 172;. as follows. It is a very fpreading Tree, 

 and will grow to be thirty foot high, and better : 

 Its main Body is fhort and thick, and the Boughs 

 long and flcnder, at the extremity whereof, it is 

 ufual with Humming-birds to build their fmall 

 Nefts. The Fruit grows in long brown Pods, like 

 an Englijh Bean, and is commonly fold at A- 

 pothecaries Shops, here in Efigland. Its Leaves 

 are fmall, but fo thick fet together, as to afford us 

 {in excellent Shade in the Heat of the day. The 

 fmalleft fort of Humming-birds, is confiderably 

 lefs than a Wren, and of the Colour of a Peacock's 

 Neck, in that part, where the black Ground is 

 finely ornamented, with a gliflening greenifh blue. 

 They feed upon Prickle- pear Flowers, as Rjiglijh 

 Bees do, upon EngHJJj Flowers, and (like Bees) 

 move their Wings fo nimbly, as to be fcarce dif- 



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