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The Root call’d the Bleeding Root , curing th& Jdun* 
dies in five or fix days. 
Another for Gangrenes , of which he does not give the 
Name. 
Another Specifick for the Bite of the Rattle-Snake, and 
another for Sluinfees, or fore Throats. A Plant, call’d by 
the Indians , Taututtipang; infallible for the Lues Venerea , the 
Root being ufed in a Deco&ion, and drank half a Pint; a < 
Cataplafm of the fame Root, bruifed, apply’d to the Ulcers, 
cures them alfo. 
A Thiftle call’d the Boar-Thijlle ; very fhort and prickly, 
with a large and long Root. To this they add a Roor, . 
call’d the Cancer Root, and a fort of Devils Bit : A Decodti- 
on of which three Roots is a Cure for the Kings- Evil, rho’ 
very^ far gone; a fmall quantity being drank every day, 
and the bruifed Roots apply’d to the Scrophulous Tu- 
mors. 
But of thefe American Plants he promifes a larger Crop. 
The third Letter relates chiefly to the Birds of that 
Country; where, he fays, they have many of the fame Spe- 
cies with ours in England . He mentions very large wild 
Turkies , fome weighing 50 or 60 pound, but the Flefh is 
very tough and hard. He takes notice of a very large Eagle 
with a great Head, foaring very high, as all of that Genus 
do. As to the Itinerants ; he takes notice of vaft Flights of 
Pigeons , coming and departing at certain Seafons : And as 
to this, lie has a particular Fancy of their repairing to fome 
undifeovered . Satellite, accompanying the Earth at a near 
diftance. 
The next Letter relates to Antipathies, and the Force of 
the Imagination. As to the firft, he fays, a Gentlewoman 
of his Neighbourhood fvvoons upon the feeing any one cut 
their Nails with a Knife; which if done with a Pair of 
SciBbrs has no EfFe<ft upon her. The Wife of a ferfon, vo- 
miting 
