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it is diuretic and carminative, and eiteemed a 
powerful febrifuge, an infufion of its tops is ordi- 
narily drunk at breakfaft, and is of an exceeding 
pleafant take and flavour : when in flower, which is 
the time the inhabitants gather it for prefervation 
and ufe, it poflfeflfes a lively aromatic fcent, partak- 
ing mf lemon and anifeed. Lodged this night at 
a plantation near the river, and met with civility 
and good entertainment. The man and his three 
fons are famous hunters. I was allured from good 
authority that the old gentleman, for his own part, 
kills three hundred deer annually, befides bears, 
tygers, and wolves. 
Next morning early, fat off again, on my return, 
and taking a different path back, for the fake of 
variety, though fomewhat farther about and at a 
greater diflance from the banks of the river, ob- 
ferved abundance of the tall blue Sage : it grows 
fix or feven feet high ; many Hems arife from one 
root or fource ; thefe items are thick, woody and 
quadrangular, the angles obtufe : the narrow lan- 
ceolate and ferrated leaves are placed oppofite, 
and are feflile, lightly embracing the branches, 
which terminate with fpikes of large flowers of a 
celeitial blue colour,. 
Thefe itony gravelly heights produce a variety 
of herbaceous plants, but one in particular I fhall 
mention on account of its Angular beauty : I be- 
lieve it is a fpecies of Gerardea (Gerardea flammea); 
it grows ere£t, a Angle item from a root, three or 
four feet in height, branching very regularly from 
about one half its length upwards, forming a cone 
or pyramid, profufely garnifhed with large tubular 
labiated fcarlet or flame coloured flowers, which 
give the plant a very fplendid appearance, even at 
a great 
