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by little, till I believe I have taken a Drachm at a 
time, toobferve if it had any peculiar Operation on 
the Body j but could never find, that it had. 
They have likewife feveral forts of Herbs, where- 
with they 'vomit i one of which is a little fort of 
Squills. They likewife take the Leaves of a certain 
curious odoriferous Shrub, that grows in the Swamps, 
which I take to be the leffer Sajfafras j they bruife 
them in Water, and then exprefs the Juice, which 
they drink warm. The Indian Interpreter, who taught 
me this, prized it much, as excellent Phyfic, and laid 
they found it a very fovereign Remedy. It is as 
odoriferous as any Shrub I ever fmelt at in my Life : 
Whoever Jias once taken Notice of the Smell, can- 
not forget it, or be deceived therein afterwards, 
having fomething peculiar in it. The Name which 
the Indian gave me hereof was WifochiSy which fincc 
I underftand is the general Word for Phyfic. 
13. The reft of their Materia Medica confifts of 
Herbs, of which they have great Plenty, and feldom 
preferibe any thing elfe. I have colleded above 300 
feveral forts, that were no European Plants 5 but I 
(hall only mention thofe at prefenr, whofe Virtues I 
take to be moft remarkable. And firft, the Sajfa- 
fras-treey whofe Root is well enough known. It 
Ihoots forth its Bloflbms in March y which arc yellow, 
and grow in little Bunches like Grape-flowers, and 
which, when gathered and picked from the husky 
Bud, make a curious Preferve. Moft Saffafras-trees 
bloflbm, few bear Berries, but thole that do are ge- 
nerally very thick : They are ftiaped much like thofe 
of ^ulcamaruy but are black of Colour, and very 
aromatic i 1 take them to have confiderable Virtues. 
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