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for fome Hours every Day in a good 

 Paflure, by which Means he will foon 

 return to his thriving Condition, and fat 

 apace. 



Under this head are depofited the Be- 

 zoars ; tliey are found in the Inteftines 

 of an Indiati Goat, and have been deemed 

 of great Ufe in Medicine, but are not 

 now fo much in Efleem they are ranked 

 among the Alexipharmics. The oriental 

 Bezoar is molt valuable, and of tJiem 

 fucli are to be preferred as ilrike a deep 

 green upon a chalked Paper. It is very 

 dear, aiid fhould be a chief Ingredient in 

 the Gafcoignh Pozvder^ to which it gives 

 its Colour ; "but tlie expreffed Juice of 

 Violets has been often ufed for that Pur- 

 pofe, inftead of the Bezoar. Nay, a cer- 

 tain Profeffor of Phyfic told me fome 

 Years ago, that the Gaf coign's Powder has 

 been imitated by only making Balls of 

 Pipe-makers Clay mixed with Animal 

 Gall -, and many were by this Means im- 



pofed 



