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The Natural Hiflory of JAMAICA. 
The Fruit feems fo defirable, it may be thought that of our firft Pa- 
rents. Ofthofe Fruits; big Ants, Efts and Vipers, is made their Poyfon, 
which poyfonous Maffe is black and like Pitch; of Fifty wounded, 
Three have not recover’d; Salt Water is‘thought good. “The Wood 
caufes when burnt, a Stink ; repofing under it IS pernicious, caufing fwell’d 
Eyes, and Droppings of Dew from it, if falling into the Eye, deftroys 
the Sight. Oviedo’s Summary, Edén. p. 198. and 20y. 
This Tree grows in Efpanola, and for the Space of four Hundred 
Leagues of the Coalt of Terra firma, 1s hurtful to thofe fleeping under 
it; caufes Headach, {welling of the Eyes, Eyelids and Jaws ; the Drop- 
pings of the Dew of it is very hurtful, like Fire, and getting into the 
Eyes endanger the Lofs of them; the Smoke of the Wood burnt is 
hot to be born by either Man or Beaft, caufing much Weight, and 
for Arrows Head Poyfon isa Compofition. Ovied. Coron, 
Fowls or Swime will not meddle with this hurtful Fruit. Syith’s Ob. 
Hughes. ! . 
This Fruit is like Apple-‘fohm, Ligon. p. 68. | 
Their Weapons (the Indians of Caribes) are Bows and Arrows, their 
Bows are never bent, but their String lies flat to the Bow ; their Arrows 
* a fmall Reed, four or five Foot long, headed fome with the poyfon’d 
Sting of\the Tail of a Stsmgray, fome with Iron, fome with Wood, but 
all fo poyfon'd, that if they draw bat Blood, the Hart is incurable. Smith's 
Ob. p. 52. ae | ; 
eae whether this be the moft: ftrong Poyfon for Arrows ufed by 
the Arora’s, a People as black as Negro’s, with fmooth Hair ; they (who 
are hurt by it) die fometimes ftark mad, and their Bowels are difcolour’d 
and unfavoury, enduring great Torment, and Drinking, tho? dry, is 
more certain Death. Sir Walter Rawleigh of Guiana, p..55. ap. Hak. 649. 
Or, what, : | | 
Keymis ap. Hakl, p. 688. mentions, viz. the Herb Wapototo, whofe Juice 
invenoms Arrows, the Wounds of which, brings incomparable Torment. 
And inthe next Page he mentions in Gaiana, four poyfonous Herbs, 
viz. Ourari, Carafi, Aparepo; Parapara, aid Herbs good againtt Poyfon as 
many, wiz. Turar4, Catarapama, W apocaiid \Macatto. — Or, that which 
The Sapies and Sambofes alfo ufelin their Wars, Bows and Arrows 
made of Reeds, with Heads of Irony: poyfon’d with thie Juice of a Cu- 
cumber, whereof I had many in my Hands. Sir John Hawkins, ap. Hak, 
Zs Po. $05. : ROMNOMGO nny 
, rd ase at Cape Verde the 18th .of Nov. where we landed one hun- 
dred and fifty Men, hoping to obtaia fome Negro’s; where 'we Pot 
but few, and thofe with great Hurtand ‘Damage: to our: Men, whic 
chiefly proceeded of their envenom’d Arrows; and ‘altho’ in the Be- 
ginning they feem’d to be but {mall Hurts, yer there hardly efcaped 
any that had Blood drawn of them, but died in ftrange (Sort, 
with theit Mouths fhut fome ten Days. before they died, and after 
wae "ge oleh — I my : felf -had ‘one of the -greatett 
Ounds, yet hanks be to God, efcaped. Hukl. p. 2. p. ©21,.Fohn 
Hee 3 ede = GER 3: Pe 3 : j 
They (the Spaxiards at Cartagena) had joyn’d with them many Indians, 
whom they had placed in Corners of Advantage, all. Bowmen, with 
their Arrows moft villanoufly empoyfon’d, fo as if they did but break 
the Ski, the Party fo touch’d died, without great Marvel. Some they flew. 
of our People’ with their Arrows; fome they hkewife mifchiev’d to 
Death with certain Pricks of {mall Sticks fharply pointed, of a Foot 
and a half long, the one End put into the Ground, the other em- 
off — : poyfon’d 
