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to be depended upon we know not) that have 



attain'd to more than double that age. 



Befids the grand purpofes to which the timber i.s 



f,„^,'__ applied in navigation and architc6lure, and the 



bark in tanning of leather, there are other ufes, 



of lefs confequence, to which the different parts 



\, ' ' of this tree have been referred, 



i The highlandcrs ufe the bark to dye their yarn of 



a brown colour, or, mixed with copperas, of a 



black colour. They call the oak " The king of all 



the trees in the forefi" and the herdfmen would 



,nii;c.. think himfelf and his flock unfortunate if he 



'2'^' had not a flaff of it. 



''"'"c The faw-duft from the timber, r.nd even the leaves 

 ' ' of the tree, have been found capable of tan- 



ning, though much inferior to the bark for that 

 purpofe. 

 .^ So great is the aflringency of the bark, that in a 



larger dofe, like the Peruvian kind, it has been 

 known to cure tiie ague. 

 '; . The expre fled juice of the galls or oak-apples (ex- 



crefcencies occafioned by a fmall infecl call'd a 

 i Cynips) mixed with vitriol and gum-arabic^ 



will make ink. 

 The leaves of the oak are very fubject to be co- 

 vered with a fweet vifcous juice, call'd honey- 

 . , dew, which bees and other infecfis arc very fond of 



The leaves of a great variety of VhaleKx alfo feed 

 upon rhem. 



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