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cuttethe hem in two, he schalle fynd with in hem Coles and Cyndres, 

 in tokene that, be wratthe of God, the cytees and the lond weren 

 brente and sonken in to Helle." 



OtalJ Sea JTruit. From Maundevik's Travels. 



In Zahn's Specula Physico-Mathcmatico-HistoriccE we read of a 

 peculiar Mexican tree, called Tetlatia or Gao, which causes both men 

 and animals to lose their hair if they rub themselves against its 

 trunk or sleep beneath its branches. Then we are told of a tree 

 growing in Sofala, Africa, which yields no leaf during the whole year, 

 but if a branch be cut ofif and placed in water, it grows green in ten 

 hours, and produces abundance of leaves. Again, we read of the 

 Zeibas, immense trees " in the new Kingdom of Granada," which 

 fifteen men could scarcely encompass with their arms ; and which, 

 wonderful to relate, cast all their leaves every twelve hours, and 

 soon afterwards acquire other leaves in their place. 



A certain tree is described as growing in America, which bears 

 flowers like a heart, consisting of many white leaves, which are 

 red within, and give forth a wonderfully sweet fragrance : these 

 flowers are said to comfort and refresh the heart in a remarkable 

 manner. A curious account is given of a plant, which Nieren- 

 bergius states grows in Bengal, which attracts wood so forcibly, 

 that it apparently seizes it from the hands of men. A similar 

 plant is said to exist in the island of Zeilan, which, if placed 

 between two pieces of wood, each distant twenty paces from it, 

 will draw them together and unite them. 



Respecting the Boriza, a plant also known as the Lunayia or 

 Lunar Herb, Zahn states that it is so called because it increases and 

 decreases according to the changes of the moon : for when the moon 

 is one day old, this plant has one leaf, and increases the number of 

 leaves in proportion to the moon's age until it is fifteen days old; 



