Op. XXIV. 7^Canbby4fland S ; 



and if a ma ) reft himfelf under them, the whole body fwells 

 after a ft range manner. Tlwy and Plutarch, mention a Free of 

 Arcadia 'no.. Ids dangerous 5 and thofe who have travell'd into 

 the Eajl-Ivclics afRrm 5 that there is an herb named Saponji jwKich 

 caufes their death who lye upon it. But what heightens the ill 

 quality of the Manchenillo-liieQ^ is, that the meat drefs'd with 

 a fire made of its wood derives a certain malignity from it 3 

 which burns the mouth and throat. 



Nor are the Savages of thefe I (lands ignorant of the nature 

 of the Manchenillo j for the competition wherewith they are 

 wont to poyfon their arrows hath in it 3 among other ingredi- 

 ents, the milk of this Tree, and the dew falling from it, and 

 the juice of the fruit. 



To cure, in a fhort time, the fwelling and blifters riling on 

 the body after ileeping under the (hade of thefe Trees, or 

 receiving the rain or dew falling from their branches, as al- 

 fo thofe occafion'd by the milk within the bark, recourfe 

 muft be immediately made to a Jrind of Snails, whereof we 

 have fpoken before, under, the name of Souldiers, and let 

 the party take a certain cleer water which is contained with- 

 in their (hell, and apply it to the place affected : this remedy 

 immediately allays the venome of that fcorching liqueur, 

 and puts the party out of all danger.* The oyl extracted 

 without fire from the fame Snail operates the fame effect. 

 But if any fhall happen to eat of the fruit of thefe venemous 

 Trees, he muft ufe the remedies prefcribed hereafter, to ex- 

 pell the venome of Serpents, and all other poyfons. 



WOOD-LICE. 



/ ~jr" , Here is alfo a kind of Ant, or worm, which hath a Jit— 

 I tie black fpot on the head, all the reft of the body 

 being white : They are bred of rotten wood, and thence 

 fosne call then Wood-lice : Their bodies are fofter then thofe 

 of our ordinary Ants, and yet their tooth is fo {harp, that they 

 gnaw wood, find get into fuch coffers as lye neer the ground : 

 And in lefs then two days, if they be not deftroy'd, there will 

 get in r ach abundance, that linen, cloaths, paper, and what- 

 ever h within them will be eaten and devoured 5 nay they 

 gnaw and eat the pofts which luftain the ordinary hutts, info- 

 much that if fome courfe be not taken they will at laft fall 

 down. 



To prevent the breeding of thefe Infecls, and the mifchief 

 done by them, there are thefe cautions: At the building of 

 lioufes not to leave any wood on the ground to rot, out of 

 which they may breed : To burn the ends of thofe pieces of 

 wc that are planted in the ground : As foon as any of them 

 at .: perceiv'd, to caft fcalding water into the holes which they 



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