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and perpendicular directions, like the 

 rigging of a {hip, and fome times en- 

 twining themfelves with each other, 

 and then furrounding the trunks of the 

 contiguous trees, in fpiral afcending 

 circles, and killing them by mere com- 

 preffion; whilft fome infert their ten- 

 drils into the bark of other trees, and 

 deftroy them, by robbing them of their 

 nourifhment. The larger kind of thefe 

 Nibbees are frequently ufed for mooring 

 veffels of burthen to the fhore ; whiift 

 the finaller are fplit into fmall liga- 

 ments, by the Indians, and applied to 

 many ufeful purpofes, particularly that 

 of tying the thatch of houfes. Thefe 

 Nibbees are, however, of various kinds 

 and. properties : Thefe which are round 

 are generally harmlefs ; but thofe which 

 are either flat, angular, or chanelled 

 into longitudinal grooves, are ufually 

 poifons of the mo ft deleterious kind. 

 To this rule, however, there are fome 



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