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“ Ignorant yet of the Caule of their Comrades 
* Death, and of their own Danger, they gave of 
“ thefe Roots to the other eight Prifoners, who all 
w eat fome of them with their Dinner. 1 cannot 
“ learn exnftiy how much they eat, they being lent 
u away a little time before your Letter arrived. 
u A few Minutes after, the remaining two, who 
cC gather'd the Plants, were feized in the fame man- 
c< ner as the firft ; of which one died : The other 
u was bled, and a Vomit with great Difficulty forced 
“ down, on account of his Jaws being, as it were, 
“ locked together. This operated, and he recover'd $ 
“ but was lorne time much affc&ed with a Dizzi- 
“ nefs in his Head, though not ftek, or in the lead 
“ diforder'd in his Stomach. The other eight, being 
cc bled and vomited immediately, were foon well. 
“ There were in thefe Men none of thofe coma- 
“ tofe Symptoms you mention'd (a) to have happen'd 
“ to the Dutch Soldiers, who were poifon'd by eat* 
“ ting the Cicuta major . 
“ As I was not prefent myfelf, I fend you the bed 
“ Information I was able to procure. After I had 
“ done examining, I order'd fome of the Herb and 
“ Root to be brought me. As youfuggefted in your 
“ Letter, I found it to be the Oenanthe aquatica 
“ cicuta facie of Lobel , which grows in great Plenty 
“ all over this Country, is called by the Inhabit- 
<c ants five -finger d Rooty and is much ufed by them 
“ in Cataplafms for the Fellon, or word Kind of 
“ Whitflow. The Frenchmen eat only the Root, 
“ and 
(a) Philof % Tranf. N°, 473, p. 19. 
