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top of which is a reddish round vesicle. If you 

 point a finger to this, as soon as you are near touch* 

 iii it, the stalk withdraws to the very bottom of the 

 tube,and the tube itself bends and become* flaccid. The 

 plant has no branches nor can the root be separated 

 from the rock without breaking it. On the Cornish 

 shores, there grows a kind of a sensitive fucus. 

 Bring this so near the fire as just to warm, and its 

 edges shrink up. In this state, move a finger toward 

 them, and they shrink from it, but if the linger is 

 removed, recover their former situation. Placed on 

 a warm hand, it moves perpetually to and from the 

 hand, bke an animal struggling for life. It seems this 

 odd effect is owing to the structure of these plants. 

 They are so extremely thin that they yield to the 

 perbpiraiion of the hand, the effluvia being of force 

 sufficient to repel the leaves when they are near. 



The vines of hops wind about the poles with the 

 sun, those of kidney bt-ans against the sun, and that 

 so obstinately, that although the one or the other be 

 over night wound the opposite way, yet iu the morn, 

 ing it will be found to be got back again to its na. 

 tural bent. 



The herb of Paraguay as it is called, is the leaf 

 of a tree, of the size of a middling apple tree. It 

 is sent to Peru and Spain, in great quantities well 

 dried and almost reduced to powder, being used by 

 the miners and many others, as we use wine, and 

 the Turks opium to raise the spirits. Indeed the 

 Spaniards believe it to be a preservation from, and 

 remedy for all their disorders. It is opening and 

 diuretic, and what is surprising, produces very differ, 

 ent effects at different times, it purges some, and 

 nourishes others ; it gives sleep to the restless and 

 spirits to the drowsy. Those who are accustomed 

 to the use of this herb, can scarce ever leave it off, 

 or even take it moderately, though whea used to 

 excess, it brings ou most of those disorders that at- 



