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The Natural Hisfiory of J A M AIC A 
but credible Men report them to be the fame, fo that it only differs 
in Refpe& of its Placeof Growth, Frago/. 
Thefe Woods only differ in Refpe@ of Age, C. B. 
Great Forefts of this Treeare in Chiapa, and in Granada, Laet, 
Great Care ought to be taken that the Shavings fhould be clean from 
the Obier or what is called the Sap and other Wood. The Rofin gives a 
{weet Scent on being burnt, and isa great Sudorific. Powsmer. 
Sparrey, ap. Purchas, lib. 6. cap. 11, p. 1248. found this Tree in an Ifland 
not far from Guyana. 
Laet. p. 669, takes Notice of this Tree in Cubagua, and p. 668. in 
lanca. - 
The 4th Voyage to Virginia, p. 281.in Sta. Cruz. 
Pigafette de Congo, p. 2. at Sta. Helena, where ’tis thought good for 
the Lwes. 
Hughes, p. 92. fays that ’tis like a Birch in the Bark. 
Ligon, p. 74.that the Wood is lafting, hard, good for Bowles, Tables, 
Table-men and Cabinets. 
Smith's Obff. p. 54. tells us tis in St. Chriffopher’s. 
And Boyle of Air, p. 220. that ’tisfoft when new cut, hardens after, fo 
as not to fuffer Tools as moft other Woods, 24. 
XXVIII. Pomifera, feu potius prunifera Indica nuce reniformi fummo po- 
mo innafcente, Cajous ditta. Ray. Fift. Cat. Fam. p. 187. Acajoux, ou Cajous 
ou Avacardes Axntartiques, Pomm., p. 209. Lit. C. Thevenot. p. 20. Acaju 
arbor pomifera frucku delectabili, rabro nuce reflexa propendente anacard} 
vitu, Surian, Nux Cajous Cluf. ad Garciam, maf. Swammerd. p. 13, 
, “The Cafbew, or, Acajonu-Tree. 
This Tree has a Trunc that rifes to about fifteen Foot high, as thick 
as one’s Thigh, round, cover’d with a white, almoft {mooth Bark on the 
outfide, being within thick and reddifh, having Branches fpread equally 
on every Hand, making a handfome Top; the Tops of the Twigs are 
fet round pretty clofe together with Leaves, having Footftalks one 
third of an Inch long and green, being almoft oval, tour Inches long, 
and two Inches broad in the Middle where broadeft, round at both 
Ends, having one Middle and _ feveral tranfverfe Ribs running from it 
to the Sides, {mooth, thin, and when rubb’d, yielding a pleafant balfa- 
mick Smell, being of a green yellowifh Colour. The Flowers ftand in 
Bunches on the Tops of the Twigs, which are divided into feveral three 
or four Inches lore Footftalks, holding on their Tops, each a fimall 
green Calix, out o. the Top of which iffue five purple, long, narrow 
Petala, fometimes of a pale green Colour, and always {melling extremely 
fweet, to which follows a Nut of the Shape of a Hare’s Kidney, having 
a round Bunch, or being Gibbous on one Side, and hollow or having 
a Defeét on the other; this grows bigger, having an outward {mooth, 
fhining, light brown Shell, within which is another, and between both 
lies a thick, black oily and inflamable, cauftic Subftance, of the Con- 
fiftence of Honey, and within both a Kernel, which, when roafted, is 
beyond either Almonds or Cheffnuts for a pleafant Tafte. While this 
Nut ripens, between ic and the Footitalk there fwells a little Protu- 
berance, growing as big as a fmall Pear, which gave Occafion to Pifo’s 
Defcription, feemingly contradicting that Figure, on the great End of 
whichis this Nut; this Pear or Apple is fmooth, yellow, red, or ftreak’d 
“when ripe, as our Apples, having within it a great many long Fila- 
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