Salt of Wormwood ,. 175 
neral are bounded at their other End by a 
fingle Line, or Bafe, that makes a right An¬ 
gle to them all: a little Variation is how¬ 
ever produced, by here and there a fhorter 
Line that runs parallel to this Bafe.—The 
above Defcription will be underflood by con- 
fidering the Configurations e e. 
CHAP. XLIL 
Salt of Wormwood. 
f | r ^ H E firfl Shootings of this Salt from 
j[ the Edges of the Drop appear of a 
confiderable Thicknefs in proportion to their 
Length : their Sides are deeply and fharply 
jagged or indented, being made up of many 
fomewhat obtufe Angles; and their Ends are 
pointed with Angles of the like Kind. What 
I now defcribe are the fingle Shoots at a , 
Plate VIII. But other Shoots frequently 
branch out from thefe original ones, and 
they again fend forth others, making all to¬ 
gether a very pretty Appearance, vid. b b.—~ 
Thefe lafl Configurations in their Figure and 
Difpofition bear a near Refemblance to thofe 
of Butchers Broom , fhewn a tdd: but are 
larger and more deeply indented. 
The Cryflals of this Salt are very different 
from one another, confifling of Squares, 
Rhombi, Parallelograms, equilateral Hexa¬ 
gons, 
