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grofly cut in the Edges near. The Negroes had remov'd moft of 
thefe Pots to boil their Meat in, The Cave was about eight or 
nine Foot Diameter, roundifh, and about five Foot high, it was on 
a fufficiently high Precipice, of nine Foot fteep. Afcent before one 
came at ic. It was before opening curioufly fhut in on all fides wich 
thin, Hat Stones. The Ants had eat one Carcafs to the Bones, and 
had made holes in their ends, whereat they enter’d, I fuppofe, to eat 
the Marrow. 
At Guanoboa, in the time of the Spaniards, were great Chocolate or 
Cacao-Nut-Walks ; bute after that Tree was blafted, moft of them 
wereruind, The Trees wild in thefe ruin’d Plantations, are grown 
in fo fhort time monftroufly, being fome of them feveaty Foot of 
good Timber. Surveyors know all the Trees by their Barks. Thofe 
that grow low and bufhy in the Commons, grow high and call in the 
Woods, | i 
At Guanaboa the great Rains are in May, and continue fo till 
O€tober from the Sea, then their Norths come in. I {aw here in the 
Gully, a Rock upwards of fixty Foot perpendicular heighth, being 
the fide of a Hill, which towards the Gully was fteep, ic was call’d 
the end of the World. There is another Rock much more than 
twice as high, towards fixteen-Mile-Walk, in the Road from the 
Town near the hollow Rock, _ ! 
Here, on the barren fides of {mall rocky Hills, I faw great va- 
riety of Gourds, They ferve the Ifland iaftead of Bottles, Pails, 
Ladles, {mall-hoop’d Veflels, Coopers, Turners, and Glafs- Wares. 
‘They are of feveral Shapes and Sizes, from {mall ones, of which are 
made Snuff-Boxes, to fuch as will hold four or five Gallons, All 
of them, except the {weet one, which is usd for Preferves and 
Sweet-Meats, are purgative. The Leaves in Clyfters are given in 
the Belly-ach. The Bottle, and other Gourds are clean’d either by 
lying in the Field all dry, when by cutting off the Top, the Seeds 
come cut, or by putting in Water, which by moiftning brings the 
Pulp and Seeds out. If one drinks the Water that has ftood in a green 
Gourd, ‘tis very purging, but ’tis not fo in one long us‘d. 
I faw them likewife here Preferve, or Pickle Green Indian-Bell- 
Pepper. Before it turns red, this Capficum is cut and cleanfed from 
its Seeds, then has a gentle Boil in Water, and fo is put into a Pickle 
of Lime Juice, Salt and Water, and kept for ule. 
To make China-Drink. Take four or five handfuls of the Root 
cut in pieces, boil it in fo many Gallons of Water, take it off the 
Fire, let it cool, and put two Pounds of clarify’d Sugar to it, let it 
ftand, and after twelve Hours bottle it, It is of a red Colour, and 
a very pleafant Drink, 
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