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The Turh'cy-Oak, so called, from the small Acorns it bears, 

 which are sweet, and eat like the Acorns of the Chestnut-Oak, 

 on which the Wild Turkles feed, and are very fat in the Sea- 

 son ; this Wood is only used for Firing and Fences, not being 

 so durable as the former are. 



The Live-Oak, so called, from its being Green all the Year, 

 it grows on dry sandy Ground, and is the most durable Oak 

 in all America, but it is short, and will not afford Plank of 

 any considerable Length, therefore unfit to build Ships with. 

 There are some few Trees that will afford a Stock of twelve 

 Feet, but it being so very firm and weighty, they never make 

 use of it upon these Occasions, moreover the Wood being so 

 very hard, the Sawyers seldom attempt the cutting of it : It 

 is observable, that a ^N'ail being once driven into it, it is next 

 to an impossibility to draw it out again; the Limbs thereof 

 are so cured, that they serve for excellent Timbers, and 

 Knees and makes the best Trunnels of any Oak in the AVorld 

 for Ships and Vessels of any sort; the Acorns thereof are 

 as sweet as any Chesnuts, and the Indians draw an Oil 

 from them as sweet and palatable as that from the Olive, 

 though of an Amber Colour; with these Acorns some have 

 counterfeited and made Chocolate not to be distinguished by 

 a good Palate ; this Wood makes excellent Window Frames, 

 Mallats, and Pins for Blocks. Thev are of an indifferent 

 quick gTowth; there are two sorts of this Oak, and Swine 

 that feed on its Acorns, are excellent fine Pork. 



The Fresh Water Oak, grows in Ponds of fresh Water, in 

 Swamps by the River sides, and in low Grounds over-flo^vn 

 with Water, they continue Green all the Year ; there is little 

 or no use made of it, except for Fire or Fences. 



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