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An, Anonymas Portugal found:them in Brafle, lib,7, cap. 1, 
ap. Purchas. | 
Pretty ap. Hak. p- 3. p. 813, at Paza-Tfle, and in Favai ib, p, 821. 
Hlaghes,p. 48. thinks the Juice of this Bruit fharper than: that of Lem 
mons; acd:thac.’tis good forthe Scurvy: andto make Punch, «~~ 
Ligon, p.14. takes;notice. of thefe Trees in:the GapeVerd-Ifles, and in 
Barbados, ps 22s.5 | OMe 3c Ds | ff 
The Lime-tree whichiis thick of Leaves and ‘Prickles is: a good; Fence 
againft Negroes and-Cattle, Ligon,p.70. 
Lime-trees are ini great Abundance in Brajfile, Laet. lib, 15. cap 15, 
where they areliurt, by the Ants, 
Small, Lemmons, or Limes, are mention’d to! grow by: Fobfon. in. Gam- 
bray. P. 130. 3 : booy 
CHap. Vib. 
Of Woods, Fraits, Rofias, &c. 
OR the feveral Things defcrib'd in this laft Divifion, they are 
« fuch as L know very imperfety, only, fo faro.as\they»saré nidde 
uieof in Jamaica to the: Purpofes. hereafter. recited..\ Iam‘ app to fut 
pect that fome. of.them may) be before taken notice of, and:that' I 
have not known:theonto. be the: Vegetables put to thofe. Ufes. here men- 
tion’d, I fhall be glad to find: any. that fhalk come after me.to give us a 
more particular Account of them. A 
As to what I could learn of Logwood, &c. tho’ I talk’d with Peo- 
ple who liv‘d on the Place and. fubfited by. cutting it, yet their Ac- 
counts were fo imperfect, different, and inconfiftent with one another 
that TF chofe to fay’: Nothing of them, rather: than’ give fuch imper- 
fect and contradictory Relations, 10 ! ! 
I. Lignum Campechianum, Species quaedanp Brafit. Fo. de Lact. Cat. fam. 
p. 213. Dab. 231. Fig. 1,2. Raij. Hift. Vols 3 Dendr. pi v72. Lignum Came 
puccium, Terzag, pu137. Logwoddof Dampier, cap. 4. Bois d? Inde que tious 
appellons vulgairement de C ampe[che de Pommet, p. 120 
ee Logwoods 40 
This‘ Wood. is. generally cut into. Logs of about a Yard in Length, and 
two or. three Inches Diameter,’tis of a dirty Golour op the out-fide from 
the Injuries of Weather, Dirty,or falt Water, bur -within is of a: pale 
brown reddifh Colour, ’tis heavy and the out-fide or Sap of it is generally 
chipp’d off by thofe who cut it, thereby clearing it of what is not 
ufeful to Dyers. “Pegais\) s 
It is cut about the Town of Campeche in great Quantities, and brought 
to Famaicain Sloops-to be fent-inta Europe, by the Traders in Jamaica. 
itis ground to Powder by- Mills made for, that Purpofe, and ufed by 
Dyers, as I am told, to give their Cloaths a good Ground and Foundagioa 
for other Colours. og: eo. ons 3 2719 i O12 Bee 
Battell ap. Purchas, lib. 7. c. 3. §. 5. p..gggi found this: Wood in:Gginea, 
in Loango, very fine to dye with, the Root is beft, it was there laden by 
them in Mayombe-Bay, p, 981, c p. 982. 
Middleton 
Pp. 1219. 
