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curious Furniture of several kinds, if wrought by skillful 

 Artists. 



The Locust Tree bears a Leaf like the Liquorish Plant, and 

 has large and long Prickles (like the Hawthorn Tree, but as 

 long as the Quills of a Porcupine) in the Boughs and Body 

 of the Tree : It is the most durable Wood we have, and is 

 made choice of for all sorts of work that is exposed to the 

 Weather; it grows pretty tall and large, there are two sorts 

 of it, the White and the Yellow^, it bears Cods like Kidney- 

 Beans, but much larger, wherein are contained some few^ 

 Seeds, and a certain Juice or Substance as thick and sweet as 

 Honey, but of a dark brownish Colour. Of this Tree the 

 Indians make their choisest Bows, being tough and flexible ; 

 the Fruit of this Tree is much of the same Virtues and Uses 

 with Honey. 



The Honey Tree is so like the Locust, that there is scarce 

 any Difference between them, only the Honey Tree is more 

 prickley than the former; and are a Species of the Locust 

 though call'd by different ISTames ; it bears long Cods like the 

 former wherein is contained the Seeds and the Honey. This 

 Tree grows as large as the Locust, and will bear in five Years 

 from the time of Planting; they were first brought here by 

 the Indian Traders, and propogated by their Seed, but from 

 what part of America is not known : These Trees, if planted, 

 would make the best of Hedges, being very prickley, and of 

 quick growth; I have seen Orchards of these Trees in Vir- 

 ginia, where excellent Metheglin is made of their Fruit, 

 they sometimes boil it to the consistance of Honey, and use it 

 after the same manner. 



The Service Tree groweth to be very large, and bearetli 

 long Leaves like those of the Ash Tree ; the Flowers grow in 

 great Clusters, and are of a whitish Colour, after which come 



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