‘The Natural Hiftory of }AM AICA, 
Theophraftus fays, that in Corfica the Trees were high to a Miracle. Chatr. 
The Prickles being taken off and bruis’d, there comesout a Juice, of 
which a very little Quantity being pur into the Eyes, it cures them 
when inflam’d or running with Water, tt likewife manifeftly fharpens rhe 
Sight and ftrengthens it, Pé/o, Tertre. , 
The Down makes Beds, the Root dryed is carried to prevent Con- 
vulfions. The Flowers and Fruit made into a Poultice and put on the Head; 
cures the Headach and Vertigo, H Mf. A Liniment is made with Lem- 
mon Juice, of the fecond Bark powder’d, which affwages Inflammations, 
cures Fractures, and with burnt Wine is good for Tetters; of the 
Bark of the Root is made a Vomit, the Liquor in the Flower 
is good ro purge, and 1s diuretick, zd. 
They ftuff Beds with this Down in Jamaica but they aré not counted 
healthy to lye on. 
It is ufed about Baztam for filling Pillows and Bolfters, as well as to 
fpin, but order’d another Way than Lint or Hemp. Clas. 
They {tui Pillows with this Cotton, and have a Care of Fire, it being 
eafily fired, and very tenacious of it; it istoo fhort to fpia. Boxt. 
This is ufed like Thiftle Down, to {tuff Pillows with, in the E/t- Indies, 
where ’tis as common as in the Weff-Indies, Dampier. 
In the Spurs of this Treeare Holes very often, in which remains Wa< 
ter for Drink for ‘Travellers. 
The Shade is wholfome, Let. 
Every twelve Hours the Leaves fall off and grow again. Laet, p. 380. 
which 1s_falfe. | | | 
I believe that the different Facesof this Plant according to its Age, cc. 
makes it have Variety of Names and Figures, notwithftanding what is 
faid by Drs Pluk. ps 93. of his Manr. 
Cadamofto ap. Ramnus, p-117. fays that tis Seventeen Fathoms about, 
twenty Paces high, and feventeen or twenty Feet broad. 
Duret hath given a fabulous Figure of this Tree. p. 113. 
This Cotton was found growing of it felf ia Cada, Parchas, lib. 2. § 5. 
Davis, ap. Purchas. lib. 3. &. 1. §, 5. p. 132.found it in Loronha. 
Saris ap. Purchas, lib 4. cap. 1. 4. 6. p. 373. found Gowns quilted 
with this Cotton. 
A Tree call’d Memba, which is as light and as foft as Cork ; of this with 
a KnifeI built a Sergado nail’d with wooden Pegs: and rail’d round about 
that the Sea fhould not-wafh me our, and got down from Lake Carfaran 
by the River Bengo to the Sea, Bartell ap. Purchas, lib. 7 cap. 3. §. 3: 
P2979 | , 
Nieremb, p. 332. fays, that fixteen Men cannot eafily fathom thefe Trees . 
about, that an Arrow fcarce can be fhot to their Top, that they are 
One hundred and twenty Foot about, and that a thoufand People may itand 
under its Shade. SLY 70 | 
Six or feven Men can fathom about a Cedar of Libaxon. Luffy Pe- 
regyims Htero. cap. 13. | 
A Canoe was feen in Cuba in Columbus's firft Voyage, - ninety five 
Palms long, and able to. receive a hundred: ‘and fitty Men, Fernan. 
Colon, 63. | | ie | 
Water is contain’d in many dry Places in the Boughs, of this Tree 
{fcarce to be exhaufted, provided by Divine Providence, Lact. 561. 
_ A Canoe was feenas long as a Galley, and eight Foot broad, at Gaanara, 
Fernan. Col, 199. 
This Cotton is only fit for Pillows, Pyrard, p. 3. p. 16.the Free islike 
an Afh. | mn I9ge : 
a Coon 
