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very infufficient for their definition; 

 for which reafbn the Planters in gene- 

 ral have recourfe to the Cow-itch for 

 that purpofe. From whence its ufe was 

 firft fuggefted, I am uncertain ; but its 

 efficacy is indifputable. The part ufed 

 is the fetaceous hairy fubftance growing 

 on the outfide of the pod, which is 

 fcraped off and mixed with the common 

 fyrup, or melaffes, to the confidence of 

 a thin eleftuary, of which a tea fpoon- 

 ful to a child of two or three years old, 

 and double the quantity to an adult, is 

 given in the morning fafting, and re- 

 peated the two fucceeding mornings ; 

 after which a dofe of Rhubarb is ufu- 

 ally fubjoined. This is the Empirical 

 Praftice of the Planters, who ufually, 

 once in three or four months, exhibit 

 the Cow-itch in this manner to their 

 Slaves in general, but efpecially to all 

 the children without diftinftion ; and in 

 this manner I have feen it given to hun- 

 C c 4 dreds, 



