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Rh which are of the Bignes of The Herb called Quaun, which is our Angelica, is very obvious and common, as well as wild Roemary, which has the Tate and Smell of Turpentine; of which by Ditillation is extracted a fine Oil and Spirit, of great Ue in Medicine. That precious Herb the mot excellent Remedy for the Cure of the Ditemper, which gives it Name, grows every where on the  and has not o bitter a Tate as that of ofter Climates; I have een wonderful Effects of its Cure. The Century alo produces a Gras with yellow Flowers, whoe Root mells in the Spring like Roes: the Inhabitants feed thereupon, and find Benefit by it. In the Bays and Inlets you have wild Thyme at the Side of the Mountains, which after yield a fragrant Smell. Here alo you meet with the Herb Tormentil, or and a great many other Herbs, Plants and Vegetables, which I can't call to Mind, and whoe Names indeed are altogether unknown to me. Some of them are repreented in the following Cuts. Their mot