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running with all their fwiftnefs poffible, and conti- 
nued fo, till they dropp’d down dead : in others, car- 
buncles arofe, which were dreiTed by the practitioner 
before-mentioned with the pultice juft now defcribed, 
mixing at the fame time a large quantity of the herb 
with their food ; and by this method great numbers 
were cured. A plant fo well recommended, and 
which will grow in our own country, deferves to be 
better known to us. 
Thus much may fuffice to lay before you fome 
idea of the merit of this work ; throughout the whole 
of which the author has fhewn a complete knowlege 
of the botanic fcience, among the firft profelfors of 
which he is defervedly placed. He has given us the 
defcriptions and figures of a great number of plants 
hitherto not defcribed ; and it is to be hoped, that 
he will continue his diligence in publifhing the re- 
maining twelve clafies . But he fhould not hop here j 
it were to be wilhed, as fo many fkilful persons 
were engaged fo long in this dangerous and expenfive 
expedition, that their obfervations upon the remaining 
two kingdoms of nature fliould be communicated to 
the public ; as well as a complete hiftory of their tra- 
vels into thefe unknown parts of the world. 
XXII. 
