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black outwardly, but brown within. It is bitter, and 
I take it to have much the fame Virtues as Little 
Centaury » Some call it Ague-gra/Sf Ague- 
root^ others Stargrafs. I have likewife been told 
by feveral, of a Root which the Indians cure Bruifes 
wonderfully withj but I apprehend it is the fame 
Root with which the Indian cured the Negro’s, Eye 
afore-mentioned} for it operates much after the fame 
manner, according to their Relation, making the 
Patients mad for fome Hours, if they be recoverable. 
It is not to be applied where the Skin is broken. 
They ufe it thus: They chaw fome of the Root in 
their Mouths, and then fquirt it forth on the bruifed 
Part, fomenting it well with their Hands ; then they 
give a little to the Perfon bruifed to chaw, who muft 
fwallow the Juice, but fpit forth the Root again, 
which they bind on the Part aggrieved. If the Rela- 
tions I have had of Cures performed thereby, be abfo- 
lutely true, the World has not yet difeovered a more 
wonderful Remedy. I had it deferibed to me by 
Colonel Smith, of the Ijle of Wight County, to be 
like Langue de Boeuf with a yellow Flower, and 
rough hoary Leaf, the Root yellowifh, and tailed 
fomething fweetilh like Liquorice. There are feveral 
others I might name, whofe Virtues arc by no means 
defpicable } fuch as the Chryfanthamum platani fo- 
liiSy whofe Root is very ufeful in old L*ains, the 
Sciatica and Gout. It is a large Herb, grows betwixt 
five and fix Feet tall. There are likewife many 
others, which bear fome Analogy to the European 
Plants, fuch as Solomon s feal, Wood fage, much better, 
I think, than the Engltjh', which the Indians ufe 
much for Infufions, and which they take as we do Diet- 
drink. 
