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[beds, and to adorn their houfes ; the cat- 

 Itle are very fond of it : it is likewife em- 

 jployed in packing goods. 

 I The Spartium fcoparium grew in Mr. 

 \'Bartram^ garden from Englijh feeds ; he 

 ifaid that he had feveral bufhes of it, but 

 that the froft in the cold winters here had 

 killed moft of them : they however grow 

 fpontaneoufly in Sweden, 



Mr. Bartram had (ouiq 'Truffles ^ or Lin- 

 naiis^ Ly coper don Tuber y which he had got 

 out of a fandy foil in New Jerfeyy where 

 they are abundant. Thefe he iliewed to 

 his friend from Carolina, and alked him 

 whether they were the Tuckahoo of the In- 

 dians. But the ftranger denied it, and ad- 

 ded that though thefe truffles were likewife 

 very common in Carolina, yet he had never 

 feen them ufed any other way but in milk, 

 againft the dyfentery; and he gave us the 

 following defcription of the Tiickahoo, It 

 grows in feveral fwamps and marllies, and 

 is commonly plentiful. The hogs greedily 

 dig up its roots with their nofes in fuch 

 places ; and the Indians in Carolina likewife 

 gather them in their rambles in the woods, 

 dry them in the fun (hine, grind them and 

 bake bread of them. Whilft the root is 

 frcfti it is harfh and acrid, but being dried 

 it lofes the greateft part of its acrimony. 



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