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I found an equal relief in two other roots 
of the fize of one's finger, but exceedingly 
long. Thefe roots were fweet and tender ; 
and, as they had fomething of the fmell of 
fennel and anife, I gave them the preference 
whenever I was fo fortunate as to find them: 
they are to be met with in the colonies, 
where they are known, one under the name 
of anys'wortely and the other under that of 
vinkel-worteL 
In the rocky cantons there grows a kind 
of potato, which the favages call kaa-nap : 
it is of an irregular figure, and contains a 
milky juice exceedingly fweet. To extradt 
the milk nothing more is neceflliry but to 
fuck this kind of pulp. I often tried to boil 
it, but I always found it of lefs value, as 
well as all the reft, becaufe too quick a de- 
compofition of the delicate fubftance which 
evaporates, changes its nature, and leaves 
what remains very infipid. Some other 
roots, when roafted. under the afhes like 
cheftnuts, approached very near to them in 
tafte. Tlie wild fruits of this country are 
very few in number. I never found any 
thing of the kind but a few fhrubs, the ber- 
ries of which were fo bad that they could 
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