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taken to an amicable and unbiafTed way^and by the conjundf^ 
on offome able and difcreet Perfons witk-ehefe two difpus 
tants, that have hitherto very unbecommingly inveighed a- 
gaiaft one another. 
II. mW' ENGLAND S RAJ{1T1E3 dtfcoverd-^ together with 
the Remedies ufed by the Natives t& cure their Dtje a jes ^ Wounds 
a;^d Sores^dcc.By John Joffelin Gfw^.London i6j2an 12®. 
THefe ObfervatioDS are the fruits of the Authors eight 
years travel in New- England: They Goneern (befides 
the Geography of that Country a nd the temperature of the 
Airj and the moft common Difeafes ) the natural Produdti- 
ons of that Euglifli Plantation; And thofe 1 Animals $ W^,Birdsj 
Beafts, Fifhes, Serpents, Infeits. 2 Plants ^ and th^ic either 
fuch as are common with us 5 proper to that Country, both 
with, and without names 5 or fuch as have fprungupfince the 
Bnglijh planted there i or laftly fuch Garden-herbs ( amongft 
usj) as do thrive there 5 and of fuch as do not, 3. Fo£ils^z% 
StoneSjMinerals, Metals, and Earths. 
To make thefe Obfervations of Nature the more confide* 
table and ufeful, the Obferver fubjoins to them their refpec- 
tiveufcsin Phyfick, Chirurgery, Dying, e. g* To cure 
confamptions by QaiingLand turtks: To heal Scalds and Burns 
with the Oyl of the Sea-Calf 1 or with a ftrong decodion of 
Tobacco 9 wafliing the Sore therewith and ftrewing To: 
bacco'powder thereon : To heal Bruifes and Aches with the Oyl 
of the Sperma- ceti' whale ^ which^ faith the Author^ being put up 
into Hogftieads, andftowy into Cellars for fome timcj cao- 
dieth at the bottom about one quarter^and then the oyl being 
drawn off ofthe candied ftujSjputup into convenient vefTels^ 
proveth to hcright Spema Ceti, and is fold for fochj^ being ad- 
ipirable for the already mention'd ufes Item y To remedy the 
biting of a Ratle-Snake by bruifing its tiver and applying it 
to the wound: To ftrengthen the Limt>s by anointing them 
with an Oyl , drawn out of the white Oak acorns^boiled in a 
Lixivium made of the Aflies of rotten Ma^^le-wood^ untilhhe 
Oyl fwira on the topjwhich is fo clear and fweet^that the India 
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