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ARTIFICE. 4] 
ARDOUR. 
CUCKOO PINT; OR WAKE ROBIN. 
Tue roots of these plants, of which there 
are more than fifty species, are nearly white. 
On tasting them they seem to be merely muci- 
laginous and tasteless ; but they soon affect the 
tongue as if pricked with needles. This dis- 
agreeable sensation may be alleviated by milk, 
butter, or oil. The plant is very abundant in 
the isle of Portland, where the roots are eaten 
by the country people. They are also mace- 
rated, steeped, and dried to a powder, which is 
sent to London, where it is sold under the name 
of Portland sago. The French, also, obtain a 
powder from them, which is used as a wash for 
the skin, being sold under the title of Cypress 
powder. 
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ARTIFICE. 
CLEMATIS. 
Turs is a climbing shrub of rapid growth, 
ornamental, and highly fragrant. Its leaves 
are used by mendicants to produce ulcers, in 
order to excite commiseration. This infamous 
artifice is often the cause of real and permanent 
wounds. 



