~The Natural Hiftory of JAM ATCA. 
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Gomara mentions thefe Trees to grow on the Shores of ‘Peru, and that 
the Spaniards who went to conquer here, firft, were fore’d to eat'thei? 
Fruic in Neceffity, it being bitter, faltifh,/and without Juice, he fay$ 
likewife that being high and ftreight, they made Mafts. > 
This Tree grows in the Marifh Places near the Sea-Side, and propa: 
gates it felf a good way into the Sea at O/d-Harbour, as well by Shorts 
‘as by the Pods falling aid taking Root. 10 iin ere. 
The Timber makes good Shingles for covering Houfes. — oid 
‘The Bark’tans ‘Leather well: for Shoe Soals, not for Upper Leathers, 
or Infide3; it thus tan’d burning the Skin.’ ‘°° Vin S ot 
The Trees clear’d of their Bark decay. 
Pifo’s Figure is pretty good. , gH) 89 UL THIN 
_ The young Buds of the Flowers of this Tree before Opening feem' to 
‘be that Fruit fent by Alexander Balam to Zanoni, and by him defcrib’d and 
figur’d, p. 98. it being eafy for Mariners to ‘take it for a Clove, and 
‘put-the Name of Ventmous to whatever they believ’d not eatable. . 
The Roots ferve for dying of Linen, and Leaves for Dung. The Bark 
is us'd by “Tanners, and Landreffes for Cloaths ,°'mix’d with Oy] like Dirt 
jt is good againftWearinefs, and with Milk or frefh Butter, outwardly 
apply’d, helps them who are difeafed in their Livers. They grow in 
Cochin H. M. where is 4 good Figure of this Tree. : 
Pigafet. of Cong. par. 1. Ind. or p.8. tells us that Oylters ftick to them, 
“whofe Flefh is as bigas one’s Filt, call’d Ambiztamatare, and that there 
are two Ufes of the Shell, the Infide tomake‘Lime, and the Oatfide is us’d 
ike Bark for tanning Leather. | : : 
In the Ifle of Trinidad isa falt River that had Store of Oyfters on thé 
‘Branches of the Trees, which were very falt and well tafted. All theit 
Oyfters grow upon thcfe Boughs and Spraies, and not on the Ground. 
“The like is conrmonly feen in the West Indies and elfewhere: ‘This Tree is 
defcrib’d by Andrew Thevet in his France Antartique, and'thé Form figur’d 
jn his Book as a Plant very ftrange, and~by Plinie in his Twelfth 
Book of his Natural Hiftory. But in this: ¥fland, as alfo in Gazana, 
there are very many of them. Sir Walter Rawteigh’s Difcovery of Guiana, 
p. 2. ap. Hak. p. 3. p. 631- | > 
In moft Places of Mevis the Wood groweth clofe to the Water Side at 
a High-Water Mark, and is in fome Places fo thick of a foft fpungy 
‘Wood; ‘like a wild Fig-Tree, that you cannot pet thro’ it but by making 
your Way with Hatchets or Faulchions. Smith’s OO/f. p. 57. 
~ [told you once I'do remember how in my Travels into Africa and Ame- 
vica, 1 found Trees'that bore Oyfters, which was {trange to you, till I 
‘told you that their Boughs hung in the Water, on which both Oyfters and 
Muskles‘ did ftick faft, as their Property is to Stakes and Timber. Park- 
burft. ap. Hakl. ». 3. p. 133. ina Letter to Mr. Hakluit. : . 
In- this Ifand (by Cape Verd in Guinea) betwixt the River and the 
Main, Trees. grow with Oyfters upon them. Hortop ap. Hakl. p. 3. 
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; Oyfters which hafig upon the Branches of Trees of Rob. Harconrt ap. 
Purch, lib. 6. cap. 16. p. 1275. in Gatana, _ 
We found at Sierra Leona on the Coaft of Guinea, Oyfters upon Trees 
of one Kind, fpawning and increafing infinitely, the Ogfter fuffering no 
Bud to grow. Sir Francis Drake, Hakl. p. 3. p» 742- 
We found (at Sierra Leona) Trees growing by the Water Side with the 
Stalks» hung full of Oyfters, and great Periwinkles and Crabs amongft 
them. Ward. Hakl. p. 3. p- 758. an 
R —— Hughes, 
