64 ^ Defcription of Darien. 



this fide as on the other is one continued Forefl: ; 

 and forms a Bay call'd theBay of P^/^^^w^jabound- 

 ing with fine Iflands, and affording goud Rid- 

 ing for S lips. The Sjil of the Inland Country 

 is for the moft part a black fruitful Mold. 



The Weather is much the fame as in other 

 places of the Torrid Zone in this Latitude, but 

 inclining to the wet extreme, for two thirds of 

 the vear, the Rains beginning in Jpril. 



The moft remarkable of their Trees are the 

 Cono/9 Tree, which bears a Cod as big as a Nut- 

 meg full of fhort Wool or Down, and affords 

 Timber for Canoes and Periagoes ; they abound 

 with ftately Cedais and Macaiv TvQQSy which 

 bear a Fruit as big as a fmall Pear, of a tarr but 

 not unpleafant Tafte ; BMy Tree, the Wood 

 hard and black as Ink, and being tapp'd, affords 

 a Liquor call'd BMyj of a pleafant tarr tafte, 

 which the Indians drink. They have abun- 

 dance of Plmtains fet in Walks, which make 

 very delightful Groves, and yield an excellent 

 Fruit, and being green and fappy, are cut down 

 with one ftroke of an Ax. They have alfb 

 plenty of Bonanoes another fort of Plantain, 

 v/hich eats beft raw as the Plantain does boITd. 

 They have great ftore of that excellent Fruit 

 call'd Pine-apples^ which taftes like a Mixture 

 of all delicious Fruits, and ripens at all times 

 of the year. Thev have 2i[[o Prickle- pear, which 

 is a very good Fruit ; and SugAr-Canes^ of 

 which thsy make no other ufe but to fuck out 

 the Juice. The Maho Tree, of which they 



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