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and there are two sorts of it. The first beareth Seed, and is 

 full of green Branches all the Year. The second is barren 

 and fruitless, and sheddeth its Leaves in the Winter, which 

 it doth not recover 'till Spring: The Leaves of this Shrub 

 is of a very bitterish Taste, and the Berries are so transpar- 

 ent, that one may see thro' them, and within is a small black 

 Seed or Kernel. The Leaves and Berries are of a viscous 

 and clammy nature, whereof the best Bird-lime is made, far 

 exceeding that which is made of the Holly Barh. The Deer 

 and Sheep are very fond of it's Leaves, croping them wher- 

 ever they can reach, which makes them very fat. It's Uses 

 in Physick are too well known, to be inserted here. 



The Indian-Tea Tree, which in their Language is called 

 Yaupan, and Cassena, grows in gTeat plenty in this Prov- 

 ince, especially on the Sand Banks and Islands, bordering on 

 the Sea, none to be met with near the Freshes or heads of 

 Rivers, that I ever could learn. This Yaupan is a Shrub, 

 whereof there are three sorts. The first is a Bush of about 

 twelve Feet high, and groweth in rich low Grounds. The 

 second is about four or ^ve Feet high, and grows on the Sand 

 Banks. The third seldom grows to be a Foot high, and is 

 found both on the rich low Ground and on the Sand Banks. 

 It gTows the most like Box of any Vegetable I know, being 

 very like it in Leaf, only dented about the edges like Tea, 

 but the Leaf somewhat flatter. It bears a small whitish 

 Flower, which continues not long, after comes small Berries 

 about the bigness of a gi'ain of Pepper, which are at fi.rst of 

 a reddish colour, but in the Month of December, when they 

 are ripe, they become brown. All these sorts differ very 

 little from each other in taste, when the infusion is made, 

 neither is there any ' difference in the Leaves, that I could 

 ever perceive, only those that grow in the low and ricli 



Ground, 



