 | James Howell - England - 1655 - 552 pages
...the roots, and put ittogether in Cocks, where they leave it to dry many days like Hey,'then they mike a Pit of a fathom deep in the Earth, and with an' Inflrument like one of our Prongs, they take the Tuffs and put fire * .to them, and when the flame... | |
 | James Howell - Culture - 1726 - 534 pages
...dig it up by the Roots, and put it together in Cocks, where they leave it to dry many days like Hay ; then they make a Pit of a Fathom deep in the Earth, and with an Instrument like one of out Prongs, they take the Tuffs and put fire to them, and when the Flame comes... | |
 | James Howell - England - 1737 - 536 pages
...dig it up by the Roots, and put it together in Cocks, where they leave it to dry many days like Hay ; then they make a Pit of a Fathom deep in the Earth,...an Inftrument like one of our Prongs, they take the Tuffs and put fire to them, and wheri the Flame cornes to the Berries, they melt and diflblve inM an... | |
 | Sir John Talbot Dillon - Mines and mineral resources - 1781 - 552 pages
...dig it up by the roots, and put it together in cocks, where they leave it to dry many days like hay ; then they make a pit of a fathom deep in the earth,...an inftrument like one of our prongs, they take the tuffs and put fire to them, and when the flame comes to the berries, they melt and diflblve into an... | |
 | sir John Talbot Dillon (1st bart.) - 1781 - 540 pages
...by the roots, and put it together in cocks, where they leave it to dry many days like hay; then they they make a pit of a fathom deep in the earth, and...an inftrument like one of our prongs, they take the tuffs and put fire to them, and when the flame comes to the berries, they melt and diflblve into an... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English letters - 1790 - 912 pages
...dig it up by the roots, and put it together in cocks, where they leave it to dry many days like hay ; then they make a pit of a fathom deep in the earth, and with an infiniment like one of our prongr, they take the tufts and put fire to them. and when the flame comes... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...dig it up by the roots, and put it together in cocks, where they leave it to dry many days like hay ; then they make a pit of a fathom deep in the earth, end with an instrument like one of our prongs, they take the tufts and put fire to them, and when the... | |
 | R. Turner (B.A.) - Forms (Law) - 1845 - 318 pages
...dig it up by the roots, and put it together in cocks, where they leave it to dry many days like hay ; then they make a pit of a fathom deep in the earth, and with an instrument like one of our prongs, they take the tuft's and put fire to them, and when the name comes... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1873 - 498 pages
...dry many days, like hay. Then they make a pit of a fathom deep in the earth, and with an instrument like one of our prongs they take the tufts and put...when the flame comes to the berries, they melt and dissolve into an azure liquor, and fall down into the pit till it be full ; then they draw it up, and... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1873 - 612 pages
...dig it up by the roots, and put it together in cocks, where they leave it to dry many days, like hay. Then they make a pit of a fathom deep in the earth, and with an instrument like one of our prongs they take the tufts and put fire to them ; and when the flame comes... | |
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It is a round thick earthy shrub that bears berries like barberries betwixt blue and green ; it lies close to the ground, and when it is ripe they dig it up by the roots, and put it together in cocks, where they leave it to dry many days like hay ; then... 
