148 OBober 1748. 



lier from walking. She was advifed to 

 broil the berries of faffafras, and to rub the 

 painful parts of her foot with the oil, 

 which by this means would be got from 

 the berries. She did fo, but at the fame 

 time it made her vomit -, yet this was not 

 fufficient to keep her from following the 

 prefcription three times more, though as 

 often as fhe made ufe thereof, it always had 

 the fame effedt. However fhe was entirely 

 freed from that pain, and perfedtly re- 

 covered. 



A BLACK Woodpecker with a red head, or 

 the Picus fileatus, Linn, is frequent in the 

 Fenfyhanian forefts, and flays the winter, 

 as I know from my own experience. It is 

 reckoned among thofe birds which deftroy 

 the maize; becaufe it fettles on the ripe 

 ears, and deftroys them with its bill. The 

 Swedes call it Tillkroka, but all other wood- 

 peckers, thofe with gold yellow wings ex- 

 cepted, are called Hackfpickar in the Swedijh 

 language. I intend to defcribc them alto- 

 gether more exactly in a particular work. 

 I only obferve here, that almoft all the dif- 

 ferent fpecies of woodpeckers are very nox- 

 ious to the maize, when it begins to ripen 5 

 for by picking holes in the membrane 

 round the ear, the rain gets into it, and 

 caufes the ear with all the corn it contain* 

 to rot. OSfober 



