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quently the cattle take it likewise in their 

 winter food, and therefore perish, more or 

 less, during that time of the year. We 

 learn from Wepfer's experiments, who gave 

 it to various kinds of animals, what violent 

 symptoms it occasions. See his book. No- 

 thing appeared to me so interesting, during 

 my visit to Tornea, as to examine into the 

 cause and remedy of this evil. If my ideas 

 be right, the whole might be prevented by 

 employing a woman for a month to eradi- 

 cate all the Cicuta ; by which this town, 

 small as it is, mioht save above two bun- 

 dred silver dollars. I was informed that 

 the cattle dying from this cause become so 

 infectious, that they cannot be flayed with- 

 out great danger. The persons employed 

 in that business have their hands greatly 

 swelled by touching the carcase, and seve- 

 ral have lost their lives in consequence. 

 The plant in question, therefore, agrees in 

 qualities with the CEnanthe^ as it does like- 

 wise in place of growth and outward ap- 



