i jo Salt of Cucumber* 
The young green Leaves, of the Berberry 
Tree held in a Sieve over the Steam of boil¬ 
ing hot Water, rolled up»*between the Fin¬ 
gers and dried carefully in an Oven not over 
hot, may eaflly be miftaken for a good Bohea 
Tea; refembling it much in Appearance, 
and making a Liquor extremely like it both 
in Tafte and Colour.—This I have myfelf 
experienced. 
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CHAP. XXXVIII. 
Salt ^ Cucumber. 
T H E Aril Shootings of this Salt are 
for the moft part Parallelipipids, ra¬ 
diating from a Kind of indetermined Center, 
as at a , Plate VII. Some Angle ones pro¬ 
trude themfelves forwards, widening at the 
Extremity, and forming Figures like thofe 
at b. Some curvilinear Forms ihoot alfo 
from the Sides, with flat Terminations, as 
at c and others ending with fharp Points, 
as d. A few hexagonal plane Cryftals, as 
alfo fome Shuttle-figured Spicula arife to¬ 
wards the Middle of the Drop, both which 
are fhewn at e. 
I know not any Salt whofe Shootings are 
fo extremely pellucid as thofe we are now 
deferibing : For notwithflanding they have 
2 a con* 
