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120 AURICULA. 
be at the fame time carefully examined, 
and wherever any unfoundnefs appears, 
it mult be entirely eradicated by means 
of a {harp pen-knife, let the extent of 
it be ever fo great, till no appearance of 
decay remains; particularly in that part of 
the main root where it enters the furface 
of the earth, or as the failors phrafe it, 
betwixt wind and water, which being 
alternately wet and dry, is more fubjeft 
to decay than any other part, and for 
the fame reafon is the moft difficult to 
heal: the wounded part ffiould be imme¬ 
diately expofed to the fun, and when 
the furface of the wound is perfeUly 
dry, a cement ffiould be applied, con- 
lifting of bees-wax and pitch, about one 
half of each, warmed and foftened in 
the fun, or by a fire, to make it adhere 
more firmly on application: this will 
become clofe and hard when cold, will 
refill 
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