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it is diuretic and carminative, and ekeemed a 
powerful febrifuge, an infufion of its tops is ordi- 
narily drank at breakfak, 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 poflefles a lively aromatic fcent, partak- 
ing of 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. T 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 dikance from the banks of the river, ob- 
ferved abundance or the tali blue Sage : it grows 
fix cr feven feet high ; many kerns arife from one 
root or fource ; thefe kerns 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 Ipikes cf large flowers of a 
celekial blue colour. 
Thefe ftony 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 eredf, a Angle kem from a root, three or 
four feet in height, branching very regular 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 
