THE SWEDISH PAN. 
fit From thefe experiments we may almoff 
be fure by affinity and analogy, whether mea- 
dows or paftures are falutary or noxious to par- 
ticular animals •, e. g. long experience has taught 
us that our Jheep take up poifon in marffiy 
grounds, though no one till lately knew what 
was the particular poifom Yet the fpiderwort 
2 67 i the moufe-ear fcdrpion graft 149. the mer- 
cury 823. the fun-dew 257,8. the hairy wood 
grafs 2$ji the leffer fpearwort 458. the hut ter- 
wort 21. have evidently fufpicious marks c . I 
will therefore propofe a new experiment. The 
andromeda FL Virgin. 160. is known to be a 
mod; rank poifon to ffieep in Virginia; The 
andromeda , called by the people of New York 
dwarf laurel , Cold. Ad. Upfal. 1743. p. 123. 
is very fatal to the ffieep in New York. Thefe' 
two plants are of i different fpecies, but of the 
fame natural genus, and therefore have the 
fame vertues. Amongft us, efpecially in the 
northern parts, the wild rofemary , andromeda 
c There is great re'afon to think that what makes low 
grounds fo noxious to lheep is not the moiflure, but the 
plants that grow there. For it is obferved by Ihepherds that 
the great danger to lheep is immediately after a frelh fpring 
of grafs, which i imagine is owing to their licking up the 
young and tender Ihoots of poifonous plants, along with 
their proper food, not being able to diftinguifh them, 
A a 3 . 335. 
