The Natural Hiftory of JAMAICA. 
385 
P. 57. 1.145. At the end add, Senfitive commun. De Labat. T. 4 
20g. f 
if P. 58. 1. 45. At the end add, Fabx dulces. Zoete Bonties. Mer. Met. 
Ins. Sur. p. 51. An Zoet-boonen-Boom. Ej. p. 58 ? 
B 60.1.17. At the end add, An Oliviers Sauvages, de Labat. T. 3. 
. 84 F 
é P. 61. 1. 23. At the end add, Jafminum Indicum Mer. Met. Ins; Sur. 
p. 8. Jafmin rouge. De Labat. T. 1. p. 358. 
P. 62.1.5, At the end ada, Jafmin blanc. de Labat. T-1-p. 356: 
P. 63, After 1. 30. add, The Oil of this Wood is not inferior to that 
of Rhodium-Wood in Ufe and Virtues. Mr. Barham in MS. 
1, 50. At the end add, Paletuviers ou Mangles noires. de Labat. T. 2. 
p. 98 N. 136. Tom. 5. p. 141, where they are thought, while they 
grow, to caufe avery unwholefome Air, hindering the Paflage of Wa- 
ter and Winds, breeding Gnats, oc, in liew of them, that Author pros 
pofes to fortify Towns with prickly Pear and Citron Trees: | 
P.65. After |, 10 add, The Bark tans Leather in fix Weeks, as well as 
Oak-bark in fix Months. The Decoétion ftops bleeding, and dries up 
the running of Ulcers, if mix’d with Alom, it cures tender and raw 
Feet after the Small-Pox. Mr. Barham in MS. Labat T. 3. p. 481. pro- 
pofes a commerce of this for tanning Leather, inftead of the Glands Vas 
lonnee to be found in Dalmatia, the Iles of the Archipelago, and in the 
Levant, and brought from thofe Places with gredt Charges, 
P. 68.1. 6. At the end add, Xilon arboreum Surinamenfe. Mer. Met. 
Ins. Sur. p. 10, Cotton. Labat. T. 2. p. 398. where he tells us, that an 
ufeful Oil is made of the Seeds, Xylon arboreum. I. B. Frezier. p. 422. 
Bombax. Tradefcant. p. 31. | 
he a2, I. 32. After is add, pinch’d or 
I, 3. At the end add, Labat T. 2. p. 406. Cottonier blanc ou Coto- 
nier de Maho: Bj. VT. 2. p. gro. 
The Cotton may be made into Stockings, Gloves, exc. as the Lana fuc- 
cida or Byffus, as alfo into Hats, and is‘us’d to ftuf Pillows inftead of Fea- 
thers. Labat. T. 3..p. 49!- 2 
l. 50. dt the end add, So as to carry 15 OF 20 Hogfheads of Sugar o 
1200 or 16001. Weight. The Houate or Silk, may be 'made into Hats 
as Bever-Wool. The Batk made into a Poulreffe, is good. againft In- 
flammations and confolidates fraCtures. Mr. Barham in MS. 
Le |. 12. At the end add, Bois VWinde- de Labar. T. 1. p. 362. The 
Fruitis us’d with Sale for curing Flefh inthe Caribes, and infects the 
Bird’s Flefh, who feed on it. Bois dude, ou Cancile Baftard, a fort of 
Cinnamon. Cannella garofanata, us’d ior the compofition of Epices fines. 
Id.T. 3- p-477. The true Cinnamon, Tom. 3- p. 77. where he on this Oc- 
cafion tells us, what Ido not believe, that it grows plentifully in the Ifie 
de la Tortue by Efpanola. : 3 
After |. 44 add, Aches and Pains of the Bones, and old Ulcers are 
cured by f{weating and bathing with the Leaves of this Tree. It is 
alfo us’d at Funeralsin famasca, Birds eat the Berries, and by muting 
the Seeds in the Woods, make them grow plentifully, Mr. Berham in 
MS, 
P. 80. After 1.31 add, The Bark of this Tree refembles the beft fort of 
Jefuirs Bark, and cures intermitting Fevers, given in the fame Propor- 
tion, as I have often experienc’d, tays Mr. Barham in MS. who had it 
from one, who reckoned and kept it asa Secret, and thought it to be 
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