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of all that I have met with deposits the 

 greatest quantity of ochre. Its taste is 

 highly astringent. Some persons have 

 drunk the water medicinally, not altogether 

 without benefit. 



Near the river I noticed the Pinguicida, 

 and every where hereabouts the Least Cot- 

 ton-rush [Eriophorum alpiniim). 



The people here, who dread their children 

 should be marked with that kind of spot 

 called Eldmarke, which resembles a burn, 

 as soon as the umbilical cord is cut, rub 

 some of its blood upon the face, hands 

 and breast of the infant, by way of pre- 

 vention. 



I was here told of a specific to destroy 

 House Crickets {Gryllus doinesticus), which 

 consists of grated carrots mixed with arsenic. 

 This they eat greedily, and are all infalli- 

 bly poisoned. 



We passed the night in a large sailing- 

 boat upon the river, in which we had per- 

 formed the chief part of this day's expedi- 

 tion. 



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