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I walked out in the morning to botanize, 

 but met with nothing curious, except 

 Arisarum of Rivinus {Calla palustrh), the 

 flower of which is described in my Cha- 

 racteres Generici ; and the Corallorrhiza. 



Here I was first informed of a disease 

 which had made great ravages amongst 

 the cattle in this neighbourhood, and which 

 was of so pestilential a nature, that, though 

 the animals were flayed even before they 

 Avere cold, wherever their blood had come 

 in contact with the human body, it had 

 caused gangrenous spots and sores. Some 

 persons had had both their hands swelled, 

 and one his face, in consequence of the 

 blood coming upon it. Many people had 

 lost their lives by it, insomuch that nobody 

 would now venture to flay any more of the 

 cattle, but they contrived to bury them 

 whole. As a preventative they had adopted 

 the practice of swimming their cattle once 

 a day, which they believed rendered the 

 animals proof against the disorder. 



J was told that the cattle grazing on a 



