Ib. s. 8.
The yew and the berries thereof are harmless, we know.
The berries are harmless, but the leaves of the yew are undoubtedly poisonous. See Withering's British Plants. Taxus.
Book III. c. xiii.
For although lapidaries and 'questuary' enquirers affirm it, &c.
'Questuary'—having gain or money for their object.
B. VI. c. viii.
The river Gihon, a branch of Euphrates and river of Paradise.
The rivers from Eden were, perhaps, meant to symbolize, or rather expressed only, the great primary races of mankind. Sir T.B. was the very man to have seen this; but the superstition of the letter was then culminant.
Ib. c. x.