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lias told us, in his late "Tour^ that the Duke of 

 Athol has produced it in great perfedion, and pro- 

 bably, if particular interefts did not militate 

 againft it, the importation of this root might foon 

 become unnecefTary, It is not wonderful that the 

 former plant fnould have been taken for the t7'ue 

 Rhubarb, as both grow in China^ and about the 

 famous wail. 



41. Ctrl Bono ? C, Gedner, 1752." 



To what purpofe are all the refearches of the 

 naturalift ? A qiieftion which only ignorance or 

 incuriofity can di£late. We will not pay our 

 readers fo ill a compliment, as to fuppofe they 

 need the convidion here referred to. Neverthe- 

 lefs, if there are any who wifii to fee what reafons 

 may be alledged by the naturalift, againft thdfe 

 who objed the frivoloufnefs and inutility of his 

 refearches, they vv^ill moft probably receive fome 

 fatisfadion from an attentive confideration of this 

 paper, which is incapable of abridgment, and 

 may be properly read with the i8th, Curiqfitas Na- 

 turalise and 20th Oeconomia Nature, The author 

 has introduced a pleafant and inftrudive allegory, 

 which LiNN^^us himfeif was wont to ufe on thefe 

 Dccafions, 



42. NuTRix NoYERCA. F. Lijidhcrg. 1752;' 



This trad is very recommendable, as contain- 

 ing a compendious view of every material argu- 

 ment that has been urged to prove the propriety 

 and advantage of mothers nurfmg their infants at 



S their 



