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too expenfive, for the inhabitants of the 

 country : but the great utility of the root 

 itfelf will more than counterbalance this dif- 

 ficulty. 



§ VII. 



The life of the Leaves for Men. 



The leaves of this root will alfo afford to 

 men an wholefome and agreeable food ; they 

 have not an earthy tafte, like beets ; their 

 tafte refembles that of the Cardon d'Efpagne, 

 and they may be eaten in the fame manner. 

 They may be dreffed in different ways - } they 

 are considered as a kind of fpinage, and are 

 preferred to it by many perfons ; they may 

 be eaten from the fpring to the month of 

 November; by their continual re-production, 

 and great abundance, they are highly ufeful 

 to farmers, to country people, and in all 

 houfes in which there are many fervants. 

 The roots, when dreffed, they may eat them- 

 felves in the winter •> and they may be dreffed 

 many ways. The Root of Scarcity is a very 

 C 3 good 



