Here grow two Roots, which fome Phyficians judg,the one to be 
turbith 5 the othtt Mechoaca^ i but whether they be the right or 
no , I could not well judg. Both thefe Roots are purging , and in 
their operations much like thofe we have at the Apothecaries,only 
Tomewhat more forcible ; the reafon may be, becaufe there we have 
them more new and fucculent. 
Here groweth a Plant about a foot and half or two foot in height, 
the leaves are rugg'd like to a Borage leaf, but they are longer , and 
not above two fingers broad; about the ftalk,where the leaves grow 
out,there hang Berries, which being ripe are yellow : The hnglijb 
call it the fVwr and Ague- root. This Root being newly taken out of 
the ground , and a dram and half of it infufed in beer or water the 
fpaceof twelve hours, purgeth downward with fome violence^but 
I have given a dram of the Root in powder , and then it only mo- 
veth fwear, and that but moderatly. It is a little bitter in tafle, and 
tiierefore foniewhat hor. 
There are great numbers of Herbs, whofe names, nature, virtues 
and operations are altogether unknown to us in £«r<?^f; neither have 
there been any Phyficiam in thofe parts that have made it their bu- 
finefs to underhand much of them; but if theufeof them were well 
known, it might prove a great and beneficial addition to the 
4erU Me die 
Now I have done with the Plants, I will render fome account of 
their flocks of 6^//^/, which are greater than ours, confidering the 
quantity of People, and might be much larger than they arc, were 
the Inhabitants as careful in looking after them and providing fod- 
der for them as they in Enghni^x^. All that they give their Cattel 
in winter is only the husks of their Indian Corn, unlefs it be fome of 
them thathavea little wheat-ftraw; neither do they give them any 
njoreof thefe than will ferve to keep them alive, by reafon whereof 
they venture into the Marfty grounds and fwamps for food , where 
very many are lofl. 
They have as great plenty of Horfes , and as good as we have in 
England^ 
As \oi\it\xSheef^ they keep but few, being difcouraged by the 
Wolves, which are all over theCountrey, anddoinuchnvifcbief a- 
mongft their Flocks. 
In the Woods are great flore of Deer , and fome Rabbets^ which 
«re generally mi ftaken for Hares. 
There are alfo feveral forts of ravenous Beafts , as Wolves , 2?4- 
tms^ Wildcats yVojfums^Monacks^ElyingSqmmUy with two other 
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