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the top of the Grafs, and often on the thatch of Cab- 
bins: 'twas feldom obferv'd in the fame Places twice^ 
it commoDly lay on the Earth for near a Fortnight 
without changing its Colour, but then dryed and turn d 
black. Cattle fed in the Fields where it lay indifferent- 
ly, as in other Fields. It feilin lumps, often as big as 
the end of ones Finger, very thin and fcatteringly ^ 
it had a ftrong ill Scent , fomewhat like the fmell of 
Church-yards or Graves : And indeed we had during 
flioft of that Seafon very (linking Fogs , iome Sedi- 
ment of which might poffibly occafion this (linking 
Dew, tho* I will by no means pretend to offer that 
a reafbnof it : I cannot find that it was kept long, or 
that It bred any Worms or Infeds ; yet the fuperftitious 
Country People, who had Scaled or Sore Heads, rub'd 
them with this Subftance, and faid, it healed them, 
I am likewift informed of a Perfon in my Neigh- 
bourhood, who had a regular Epileptick Fit, at a cer- 
tain Hour every .Day ; I have not yet (een or difcourfed 
with him, but when I am furniftied with a juft and 
faithful Account of this Cafe, I will not fail to Com- 
municate it» 
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