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The Natural Hiftory of J AM AI CA. 
Thofe of Madagafcar beat the Leaves to a Lump and make ufe of it to 
dye with, The firtt and third Years Indigofinks and is not good, the 
fecond fwims, and the Smoke is blue. Caache. 
Indigo is known if good by applying it tothe Flame of a Candle, in 
which if it featters, diffufes, or melts like fine Flower tis good, but 
if it turns, or remains when burnt, like Sand, ’tis not of worth fo that 
which fwims is good, and that which finks in Water is bad. Lia(chor. 
Gare. 
It is very good in Guatimala, Laet. and is to be dried on Sand for 
fear of fpoiling the Colour. éd. 7 
In New-Spatv tis plentiful, in 1547 came in the Flota, 5663 Arroba’s 
worth fo many Pefo’s. Acofta, 
It us’d to be brought from Cairo fifteen Years fince, to Chriftendom, 
now ’tis carry’d thither. Lambert. : 
That is beft which fwims on Water, and being burnt diffolves into 
a fubtle Powder, and leaves no Sand; ’tis faid to be given to Chil- 
dren of bad Digeftion. Fragos. 
It mitigates Pains of the Stone, if the Deco@tiion of the Root be 
given. The Leaves beat with Water laid to the Belly provokes U- 
rine The Indigo is good to dry Humours. H. M. 
Inde is made of Leaves, Indigo of Stalks and Leaves: 
Pyrard. p. 2. p.1§8. tells us it is carried from Cambaya, and Surat to Gos, 
and p. 13. p. 3. thatit grows like Rofemary, is wetted anddry’d feveral 
Times till it becomes ne 5 
~~ Salbank. ap. Purchas, lib.3. cap.g. §.4. 236. p. {ays thatBiamy ist i 
Place for Indigo ofall the Eaff, it is two Da i ane from Sedge tis 
twelveMills there. It groweth on fmall Buthes, its Seed is like that of Cab- 
bage, it lieson Heaps after cutting half a Year to rot, then by Oxen is 
trodden out from its Stalks, afterwards is ground fine, then boil’d 
in Furnaces, and forted into feveral Sorts, The beft Indigo is worth eight 
Pence per Serie : | 
Sir Henry Middleton. ib. cap. 11. §. 3. p. 289, fays that *tis m: 
Tayes and Moxfa Towns peeves Mol u te ety se and peor 
p. 27%. cap, 11. §, 6. Lib. 3. tb. at Surat. 
Dounton. ib. cap. 12. é 2. p. 281.at Aden, ib. §. 5p. 103. at Dabull. 
And Saris. apad Purch. lib, 4. cap. 1. §. 3. p.349. that that of Lahor is 
beft. Worthat Moba a hundred Riuals for one hundred and fifty Weight. 
that of Cirkefa is not fo good. 4. | : : 
William Finch. apud Purchas. lib. 4, cap. 4. §. 5. p. 429. found it near 
Agra. It grows alfo at Byava, where the fatnefs of the Soil and brackith 
Water make it good. It isthe fame with that of the Weft Indies, it is 
ftcep’d for fome Days with Stoneson it in a Ciftern, the Infufion, is 
beat and dry’d on the Sand inthe Sun. The Produce of the Second 
Year fwims; of the firft and third is not fo good ; that which gives 
a blue Vapour inthe Fire is beft, Orfena. 429. 
Whithington. lib. 4. cap. 8. §. 3. p. 483. found it in the Mogull’s Coun- 
try. and Parchas, “tf 485. at Sinda, whichis not fo good, but courfe. 
Payton. ib. cap. 13.§. 3. p-488. and 615. §.1.tellsus that ’tisa Commo- 
dity at Sivdaand Surat, p. 529. and that from Lahor is the beft, and 
Chergues the worlt, in the Mogall’s Country. éb.p. 504. ; 
Dounton met with it at Sarat. cap. 11. §. 1. 
Dodfworth at Sarques, not far from Amadavar. ib, cap. 12. p. 518. §. 2, 
And Biddulph. ib. lib.8. cap. 9.p. 1341+ fays that the Arabs Wives co 
lour their Lips blue, and likewife their Face when hir’d to mourn, 
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