( ^3^ ) 
the eating of them. The common People general- 
ly believe that the Roots which caufe thefe Symptoms, 
are no other than old Parfneps^ which have continued 
fome Years in the Ground, and therefore call them 
MaJneps, For my Part, I am not yet fttisfied what 
Roots they are, and (hould be glad to receive Satisfa- 
(ftion from others. 
The other Obfervation I fliall give you in his own 
Words, without making any Reflexions upon it. A 
Gentleman of my Acquaintance, having a Horfe which 
he highly valued, troubled with that ftubborn Difeafe 
they call the Farcy, employed feveral ufually efficaci- 
ous Medicines, infuccesfuUy. At length, one Day riding 
abroad on this Horfe to take the Air, and being in Dil- 
courfe with a Gentleman he met in a Place where grew 
a great quantity of Hemlock, he obferved that the 
Horfe began to feed thereon, but checked him at pre- 
ftnt, and was returning home ; when calling to mind, 
that fome Animals are lometimes direfted by what they 
call Inftinft to proper Remedies, he rode back to the 
ftme Place, where the Horfe again refufed the Grafs, 
and fell aboard the Hemlock, greedily eating it up. 
On which within Three or Four Days his Sores dried 
up and he recovered very faft. From whence it appears 
that the Leaves at leaft of Hemlock are not noxious 
to fome Animals, but rather falutary. The Seeds ^Ifo 
(bme Birds, as in our Obfervations Buftards, will gree- 
dily eat. 
Tours, &c. 
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