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this, made into a tea, and used as a wash, is good for a 

 canker, and combined with the bittersweet, makes an 

 excellent healing salve. 



No. 24. — Running Hemlock, 



Is a little, low bush, (he leaves resembling the com- 

 mon or tall hemlock that grows wild in the woods, of a 

 light green color, and has a small red berry. These ber- 

 ries are good for a w^eak stomach; the bush or vine is 

 good, boiled in water, to cure swollen limbs. 



" By the image of every herb, the ancients first found 

 out their virtues. Modern writers laugh at them for it; 

 but I can not (says one) but wonder how the virtues of 

 herbs came at first to be found out, or known, if not by 

 their signatures. The moderns had them from the an- 

 cients; the ancients nor Indians had no writings nor 

 books to obtain them from." But what an improvement 

 has been, and remains to be made by the study of the 

 leafy pages of this great book of " Nature," after it has 

 been once opened to our view. Reader, please look at 

 the index of this great work, which you will find in the 

 expression of every leaf, and see if it does not lead you 

 to something more useful and interesting. Oh, how 

 cheering, animating, and elevating it is to the mind of 

 mortals! 



No. 25. — For the Bite of a Dog, or Pricking of a Thorn. 



Take green leaves of hoarhound, bruise, and boil them 

 in hog's lard into an ointment, and apply it to the wound. 

 Continue this for a short time, and the swelling will 

 abate, and the sore be completely healed. 



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