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perfons, and harmlefs to others. The milky 

 juice, when fpread upon the hands and 

 body, has no bad effcd: on Tome perfons 5 

 whereas others cannot come near it with- 

 out being bhftered. I faw a foldier whofe 

 hands were bhftered all over, merely by 

 plucking the plant, in order to {hew it 

 mcj and it is faid its exhalations aftedt 

 fome people, when they come within reach 

 of them. It is generally allowed here, that 

 the lacSefcent 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 effedr. 

 As for my part, it has never hi ^' >?ie, 

 though in prefence of feveral f^9p I' 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 cruQied, without 

 feeling the leaft inconvenience, or change 

 on my hand. The cattle never touch this 

 plant. 



July the 1 2th. Burdock, or ArBlum 

 Lappa, grows in feveral places about the 

 fort ; and the governor told me, that its 

 tender fhoots are eaten in fpring as rad- 

 difhes, after the exterior peel is taken eft". 



The Sifon Canadenfe abounds in the 



woods 



