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the Experiments I began to make in the Country, 
foon after the Obfervation came to my Knowledge. 
They are a Confirmation of it, and diminifh nothing 
of the Merit of the firft Difcovery. 
It is proper to obferve, that Mizaldus, in a Work 
publifhed in 1566. with this Title, Memorabiliumy 
ut ilium ac jucundorum Centuri£ novem, (Cent. 7. 
No. ) has thefe Words: “ Erythrodanum, vulgo 
Rubia tinftorum didum, offa pecudum rubenti 
& fandycino colore imbuit, ft dies aliquot illud 
depaflae lint oves, etiam intada radice, quae rutila 
exidit, ” 
Firft, I took Four ftrong Pullets, which I fhut up 
in Coops. I fed them with a Pafte made of Wheat- 
meal and Powder of Madder-root s and gave them an 
Infufion of the fame Root to drink, which I was in 
hopes they would have no Diflike to. The firjft Days 
they eat their Pafte pretty well ,• but I found, that 
the Addition of the Madder rendered it much lefs 
agreeable to them than that made of the Meal alone, 
on which they fell will much greater Eagernefs than 
on the other, when, to try their Relifh, I now-and- 
then gave them fome of it. As to the Infufion of 
the Rubia TinSiorumy they never would drink it, and 
I was obliged to give them pure Water, which they 
drank plentifully ; for this Root made them thirfty. 
In fhort, at the End of fome Days they could not 
relifh the Mixture, of which they eat but very little, 
and wafted away vifibly. 
On the loth Day, one of them died ; and another 
Two Days after : and both of them had their Bones 
tinged of a Rofe-colour. In order to prolong the 
Lives of the other Two, I diminUhed the Dofe of 
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