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ioft all defire of purfuing any further my 
refearches. Befides, night was approach- 
ing : my people therefore, after wafhing 
the china, each took up his burden, and we 
returned. 
Flattering myfelf that this ftrange fmell had 
not penetrated beyond the furface, my firft care, 
on my arrival at the plantation, was to afcer- 
tain this by caufing fome cups and other ar- 
ticles to be immerfed for a while in boiling 
water mixed with afhes. - I then wiped the 
velTels thus lixiviated, and put fome tea in a 
tea-cup, fome viftuals in a difh, and fome milk 
in a bowl ; but they inftantly acquired fo de- 
teftable a tafte, and fo ftercoraceous a favour, 
as induced me to believe that all my labour > 
would prove to be fruit] efs. In vain were 
other means tried to deftroy this odour and 
tafte : none of them fucceeded, and I gave up 
the attempt. 
In my difpleafure I had forgotten the bowl 
of milk^ and upon my going to fee it, two hours 
after, I faw with aftonifhment that it was turned 
to a curd. It was to be prefumed that every 
other article of the china would have the fame 
quality. I tried twp others, and examined by 
my 
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