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decoction of rue, which they unhappily mis- 

 taking for yew, sent to the churchyard, 

 where a large old tree grew, and gathered a 

 quantity of the leaves, of which they made a 

 decoction, and drank it upon going to bed. 

 The next morning they were both found dead. 

 This was Sunday; on the Thursday following, 

 the clergyman was called upon to bury them ; 

 he performed the office on the servant, but 

 the young lady had so fine a bloom on her 

 countenance, that they entertained hopes of 

 her being in a state of suspended animation, 

 and accordingly tried the experiments usual 

 in such cases, but without success ; they de- 

 termined, however, not to bury her at that 

 time, but kept her until the ensuing Saturday, 

 and even then the corpse remained totally 

 unchanged. What made it more remarkable 

 was, that the accident happened in Novem- 

 ber, and the weather was of that damp murky 

 kind in which flesh keeps the worst. 



We shall point out the pernicious effects of 

 yew on animals in general, that those who 

 possess this tree may take the proper precau- 

 tions to keep their cattle from it; and we shall 

 also advise such as have yew-hedges in their 

 gardens, to direct their gardeners to burn or 

 bury the clippings, for when thrown care- 

 lessly away, serious accidents have frequently 



