Field notebooks and plant lists : Florida, 1903-1905
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when you know how fierce further are (the next time I eat one I shall cut enough to last two days, as you will want your teeth to have a rest). Then take a good mouthful of Cayenne Pepper; enough to last till the ordeal is past. Wash off the piteer and throw it away. Then save the inner me for a chamber-potch; don't be extravagant. Eat quickly. If you have a hollow tooth, give some in tisough that kills the nerve. Finally, drink of any kind in your mouth, it will be off to take the skin of f.