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twifted, full of knots, reddifh on the outfide, 

 6f a flefh colour in the hearty and deftitute 

 of fmell- It fends forth thorny ftalks, which 

 are of a creeping nature, and which climb 

 around fuch trees as grow iti its neighbour- 

 hood. It muft be chofen full, heavy, and 

 compaa of a reddifh colour, and free 

 from rottennefs : for it is much fubjed to 

 be gnawed by worms. It is employed witb 

 fucccfs as a medicme, in the province of 

 Onmjtj where it abounds. The Chinefe 

 ufe it for food, inftead of rice ; and this con^ 

 tributes not a little to render them lufty. 



Musk* 



THIS IS a kind of bilious, fermented, 

 curdled, and almod corrupted blood, taken 

 from a bag under the belly of a fpecies of 

 roe-buck, the hair of which is dry, brown^ 



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