Jkfo=(£nc$lantis Hartttrg. 119 
To break Sore or Swelling. 
The Indians break and heal their Swellings and Sores 
with it, boyling the inner Bark of young Hemlock very 
well, then knocking of it betwixt two ftones to a Playfter, 
and annointing or foaking it in Soyls Oyl, they apply it 
to the Sore: It will break a Sore Swelling fpeedily. 
One Berry, Herba Paris, or True Love} 
SaJJafras, or Ague Tree? 
[65] For heat in Feavers. 
The Chips of the Root boyled in Beer is excellent to 
allay the hot rage of Feavers, being drunk. 
For Bruifcs and dry Bldwes. 
The Leaves of the fame Tree are very good made into 
an Oyntment, for Bruifes and dry Blows. The Bark of 
the Root we ufe inftead of Cinamon ; and it is Sold at the 
Barbadoes for two Shillings the Pound. 
And why may not this be the Bark the Jefuits Powder 
was made of, that was fo Famous not long fmce in Eng- 
land, for Agues ? 
Cran Berry, or Bear Berry, becaufe Bears ufe much to 
1 See p. 81 ; and ante, p. 54. 
2 Sassafras officinale, Nees. " This tree growes not beyond Black Point, 
eastward." — jfossclyus Voyages, p. 68. Michaux (Sylva, vol. ii. p. 144) says, 
"The neighbourhood of Portsmouth . . . may be assumed as one of the extreme 
points at which it is found towards the north-east; " but, according to Mr. Emer- 
son (Trees and Shrubs of Mass., p. 322), it is "found as far north as Canada," 
though ..." there a small tree." 
