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tiiem together till tliey are well mixed, for the purposes aforesaid ; as cilsd 

 against suffusions, blood-shots, and other distempers and weaknesses of th^ 

 eyes. 



105. — *' The coats of the stomach, R of them powdered 3ij opium in 

 fine powder 4 grains, catechu in fine powder 9ij ; mix them. Dose 12 of 

 13 grains, every night on going to bed. D 



106.-^" The Doctor has left us in the dark what distemper this medicine 

 is designed to cure, but I am apt to believe it is for a diarrhoea, yet I 

 can't see of what use the coats of pigeons stomachs e^n be, unless from 

 their diuretic quality. : 



l07. — " The feathers. R of the ashes of them |i}, sanguis draconis,fine 

 bole, sheeps blood dried, fine aloes, ana, 3j ; mix themi Itstops bleeding 

 in any part^ being applied.'^ 



THEIR DUNG. 



108. — Having thus shown you something of the usefulness of thistiird, 

 both in food and physic, I cannot omit saying something of its most excre^ 

 mentitious part. 



109. — The dung therefore of pigeons challengeth the priority, not only 

 of the dung of fowls, but of all other creatures whatsoever, on the account 

 of its usefulness in human life. 



110.-^— -Its benefit in agriculture is so well known to some farmers, that 

 Plat gives an account of those that have fetched it sixteen miles, and 

 given a load of coals in lieu of it. Where he observes, that in the place 

 it was fetched from, it woul^ have done more hurt than good, whereas 

 where it was carried, it did as much good as double the charges; in the 

 one soil it cured the barrenness, whereas in the other it would have poisoned 

 the fertility. 



111.— It is of a very hot nature, from the nitrous quality wherewith it 

 is endued, and therefore it is a very excellent soil for a cold, moist natured 

 ground. It is generally used for wheat and barley that lye afar off, and 

 not easily to be helped. One load of it is worth ten load of other dung, 

 and will go as far in manuring of land. It is generally sown after the 

 same manner as the grain, and harrowed in with it. 



112. — It is likewise extraordinary good soil for a hop garden. 



113. — Tanners make use of it in tanning the upper leathers, and if you 

 pick and sift it, will give you eightpence a bushel for it, provided you send 

 it home to their own houses ; so that this article, and the^, young sqabs 

 will nearly, if not quite maintain your pigeons in food, provided you buy 

 it at the best hand, and take care to keep them clean. 



114. — Dr. Salmon, in his treatise before mentioned gives us the following 

 account of its usefulness in medicine. 



115. — " It is, says he, of common use in cataplasms or plaisters which 

 rubify or draw strongly. Beaten, sifted, and mixed with water-cress seeds, 

 it is good against chronic diseases ; such as the gout, megrim, vertigo, 

 cephalaeo. pains in the side, cholic, apoplexes, lethargies, &c." 



