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ous in thofe things, fhew'd me likewife the Joynt of a 
Whales Back-bone, and feveral Teeth, feme whereof, he 
faid, were found in Hills beyond the Fails of James Ri- 
ver, at leaft, a Hundred and fifty Miles up into the 
Country. The Soy I in general is Tandy : I had defign- 
ed, and I think it might be worth a Critical Remark, to 
obferve, the Difference of Soyls feem appropriated to 
the feveral forts of Tobacco : ' for there is not only the 
two diftinft forts of a Sweet-fcented, and Aranoko To- 
bacco, but of each of thefe be feveral forts much diffe- 
rent, the Seeds whereof are known by diftindt Names, 
they having given them the Names of thofe Gentlemen 
moil famed for fuchfort of Tobacco, as of /Viw-feed.fifr. 
Nay, the fame fort of Seed in different Earths, will pro- 
duce Tobacco much different, as to goodnefs. The richer 
the Ground, the better it is for Aranoko Tobacco, whofe 
Scent is not much minded, their only aim being to have 
it fpecious, large, and to procure it a bright Kite's-foot 
colour. Had not my Microfcopes, &c. Tools to grind 
Glafies, been cafl away, with my other things, I had 
made fome Critical Enquiries into their feveral Natures, 
I would have examin'd what Proportions of Salts, all the 
forts of Earths had afforded, and how Water impregna- 
ted with their Salts, would have changed with infufing 
Galls, how with the Syrup of Violets, and how they 
would have precipitated Mercury, or the like, and fo 
far forth as I had been able, examined them by the feve- 
ral Tryals of Fire. I conceive Tobacco to be a Plant 
abounding with Nitro-Sulphurious Particles ; for the 
Planters try the goodnefs of their Seed, by cafting a little 
thereof into the Fire ; if it be good, it will fparkle after 
the manner of Gunpowder : fo will the Stalks of To- 
bacco-leaves, and perhaps has fomething analagous to the 
Narcotick Sulphur of Venus, which the Chymtfts fo in- 
duftrioufly labour after. The World knows little of the 
efficacy of its Oy!, which has wonderful Effe&s in the, 
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