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Rump, but took away no more of the dreflings than 
what were loofe, amongft which were two or three 
pieces of the agaric, without any ligns of frefh 
bleeding, or vifible pulfation at the ends of the arte- 
ries. Two days after I drefled it again; the ftump then 
appeared well digefted all over, and had a much bet- 
ter afped than could reafonably be expeded in fuch 
an unpromifing fubjed ; and now appearances are fo 
favourable as to give me hopes of his recovery, tho" 
I am not without diftant fears, which I am guarding 
againft as much as I can. I have lately been in- 
formed by very intelligent people, in the county of 
Suffolk, that they gather an excrefcence, growing 
there plentifully upon oaks, and call it Funk, winch, 
impregnated with nitre, is ufed as a match to light 
pipes ; from whence I conclude it is the fame with 
the Fungus igniarius , mentioned in the Mem. de 
l’Acad. Roy. de Chirurgie, and have herein inclofed 
a fmall piece of it for your examination, which ap- 
pears to me of the fame kind with the agaric I had 
from you. Though the chief ufe made of it in Suf- 
folk is by fmoakers, yet ’tis often ufed, they af~ 
fure me, to flop bleeding, and cure fmall wounds, 
and has been fo for time immemorial. If I have 
trefpaffed too much upon your time in this detail, I 
beg you would excufe me, and for the freedom, with 
which I write, as if I was acquainted with you : but 
the fubjed appears to me a matter of that interefting 
nature to all mankind, that I think it fhould and 
muft engage the mofl ferious regard and attention 
of every one, to fhew his inclination in fupport of it 
what he can ; and I hope the fuccefs of future trials, 
in your confpicuous Ration, will convince the public, 
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