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5. Of trees which bear berries, that are 



neither umbilicated or caliculated. 



6. Of pruniferous trees, or such as bear 



plumbs. 



7. Of pomiferous trees, or such as bear apples. 



8. Of woods, fruits, rosins, &c. 



On this chapter he makes the following observa- 

 tion : " The several things described in this 

 division, are such as I know very imperfectly, 

 only so far as they are made use of in Jamaica to 

 the purposes hereafter recited. I am apt to sus- 

 pect that some of them may be before taken 

 notice of, and that I have not known them to be 

 the vegetables put to those uses here mentioned." 

 This chapter concludes the First Book, or bota- 

 nical division of the work. 



The Second Book commences with the account 

 of Insects, which he prefaces with this just 

 remark, " The power, wisdom, and providence 

 of God Almighty, the Creator and Preserver of 

 all things, appear no where more than in the 

 smallest animals called insects, which are provided 

 with such senses as are necessary to bring them, 

 through their several changes, to perfection : and 

 notwithstanding their little bodies, and many 

 enemies in every state, they are enabled to live, 

 thrive, and propagate their kind, so that, since we 

 have any exact history of them, none seem to be 

 lost." He arranges them under the following 

 division : 



