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chap. t () original order ; and the consequence was, 
% > that a variety of fruit-trees, particularly the 
vine, the chesnut, and the filbert, produced abun- 
dant crops. Saffron flourished in great plenty, 
and many other plants peculiar to warmer cli- 
mates. The cherry, the apple, and the pear tree, 
grew wild in the forests around the town ; but 
their better cultivation, as at present, was en- 
tirely neglected by the people. We found two 
plants, very rare in England, thriving among 
the weeds of the place; the “ Spreading Bell- 
flower ’ ( Campanula palu/a), which grows in South 
Wales and near Marlborough; and also the “ Moun- 
tain Bugle” (Ajuga pyramidalis ). The other 
plants which we collected in the neighbourhood 
inundation 0 f Woronetz are given in a Note 1 . Stagnant 
and Pro- ° . 
duct of the waters, left by the annual inundation of the river, 
render the place very unwholesome during cer- 
tain seasons of the year. The inhabitants, both 
in spring and autumn, are subject to tertian and 
quartan fevers : these become epidemic, and at- 
tack hundreds at the same time. The want of 
proper remedies for such disorders, and the con- 
stant use of salted provisions, frequently cause 
the ague to degenerate into a continual fever, a 
(l) Polygonum Fagopy rum — Adonis aestivalis — Cueubalus Behen — 
A new species of Euphorbia — Salvia nutans — Verbascum Phceniciiun 
— Chelidonium minus— Ranunculus Illyricus— Viola tricolor. 
