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that time, there being such plenty of other valuable Timber, 

 there is little or no other use made of it at present. The 

 Decoction of the Bark and Leaves of the Elm is of a cleans- 

 ing, drying, and binding Quality, and therefore good in 

 Wounds and broken Bones ; the Liquor that issueth out of the 

 Tree takes away Scruff, Pimples, Spots and Freckles from the 

 Face ; one Ounce of the inner-Bark in Wine, Purges FlegTu. 



The Mulberry Tree, whereof there are three sorts here, 

 beside the different bigness of some Trees Fruit. The first 

 is the common red Mulberry, whose Fruit is long and taper 

 at the Ends, and is the earliest in this Province (except the 

 Strawberries) they are sweet and luscious, the Planters make 

 use of their Fruit (which is above an Inch long) instead of 

 Raisons and Currans, for several Dishes; they yield a trans- 

 parent Crimson Liquor, which I do not doubt would make 

 good Wine, if the Planters Inclination tended that way : The 

 Paraheetoes and other Fowl feed upon the Fruit in the Sea- 

 son, and likewise the Hogs, as they drop from the Trees. 

 These Trees grow to be very large, and make the most de- 

 lightful and pleasant Shades to sit under in the Summer, of 

 any in these Parts of America, by their large Boughs spread- 

 ing at great distances, and growing as round as any I have 

 ever seen; you shall see in most of their Plantations, and 

 especially near their Dwelling Houses, these pleasant Ar- 

 bours. 



The other two sorts bear a smooth Leaf fit for the Silk- 

 work; the first of these bear a white Mulberry, which is com- 

 mon: The second bears a Fruit like a small Blackberry 

 which is very sweet; the Wood of these Trees are very dura- 

 ble and tough, and when the Indians can't get the Locust 

 Tree, they use this, to make their Bows with. These Trees 

 grow extraordinary round, and pleasant to the Eye, as any 



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