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At Samana the French fetled feveral Families, who were cut off by 
the Spaniards, of a Town called I/abella, of three or four hundred 
Inhabitants. They have Horfes and Mules in the Sayannas about it, 
The Englifh at Jamaica buy moft of their Mules from the Spaniards. 
Ic is not far from Porto-Plata where the Spaniards are alfo fertled. 
The Manati Stones are brought from thence, and taken from be- 
hind the Ears of that Animal, each Ear having one. 
~~ One Doctor Fritz a German Chirurgeon and Chymift, who had 
been in the South-Seas with Captain Townley, told me he had feen of 
the Cafcarilla-Trees, or thofe on which grows the Peru or fefuits Bark : 
that they grow near the Sea fide and are very large Trees; that they 
cut a piece of the Bark round the Trunk of the Tree near the ground ; 
that a while after the Bark withers on the whole Tree, and falls off ; 
that they had taken a Ship named the Cafcarilla, and had thrown moft 
of that Bark, her loading, into the Sea, to make room for Provifions. 
That the Leaves generally found in the Bags of the Bark, was of 
that Tree, and Plenty of the Trees isto be met with in the South- 
Sea, 
A Briftol Ship, coming towards Jamaica, ftruck on a Rock two 
Miles from without the Town of Port-Qoyal, but this Ship when 
lighted of the Goods was got off again. This is very ordinary, for 
the Rocks and Shoals being here-about covered with Coral and Co- 
salline Subftances, the Ships coming upon them, are not often pierc’d 
not bulg’d, but bruife thele Coralline Subftances to Sand, and very 
often get off again without much damage. 3 | 
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Captain Groves told me he had left a while ago on the Ifland of 
Tobago, feventy Curlanders in a Fort on that Ifland, chat their Food 
was European Bread, which they had provided for feveral Months, 
wild Hogs, Hogs with their Navels on their Backs, Armadillos an 
excellent Food, and Racoons, with very great plenty of Fifh, Their 
Trade was as yet chiefly cutting of very large Maftick, Cedar and o- 
ther Tiees for Timber, to be fent to the Ifland of Barbados, with 
which by Licence from the King, they might Trade. ‘This Ifland 
is, Ithink, held by the Curlanders at the Crown of England. 
They have there a fort of Pleafant, very good Meat. 
He told me that having been often in the Mediterranean, at certain 
Seafons {ome fort of wild Pigeons were fo plentiful on the Ile 
of Zante, as the Inhabitants fold them for halt pence apiece, that 
they came from Egypt, and chat on the Ifland Caprea, near Naples 
Quails are, fold ac a certain Seafon at the fame rate. Pigeons are at 
Famaica very plentiful at fome Seafons. Ground-Doves are fold fora 
Bitt, or Real a Dozen, They are taken with Clavannes, and wild 
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