A Defcriptton o/Darlcn^ 6^ 



make Ropes, Cables for Ships, and N'ets for 

 fifhing. The Caldafl? whofe Shells ferve for 

 Cups and other occafions, is curiouflv paint- 

 ed ; the fueet fort of em is eatable, and the bit- 

 ter fort Medicinal. They have alfo Gourds of 

 the like nature. There's a Plant they call S/Ik 

 Grafs which refembles our Flaggs ; this they 

 beat into ftrings like fine Flax, much ftronger 

 than our Flax or Hemp ; of thefe they make 

 Ropes, Cordage of all forts, Nets for fmall 

 Fifh ; and the Spaniards and others ufe it for 

 Shoemakers Thread, Stockins, and a fort of 

 Lace. They have a Tree cali'd Lightrvood^ as 

 large as an Elm, but fb light, that a Man may 

 carry a great quantity of it on his back. It is 

 in fubftance like Cork, and made ufe of by 

 the Indims for rafters to go to Sea, or pafs Ri- 

 vers. They have a Tree call'd Whitewoodai a 

 finer Grain, and whiter than any European 

 Wood, and fit for inlaying. They haveXl^^^^- 

 rindj Locuji Tree^ BaJIard Cinnamon^ Bamboesy 

 and Maingrove Trees in plenty. They have 

 Shrubs that bear ftore of Pepper of two forts, 

 calPd bell Pepper, and bird Pepper. 



Mr. Wafer, to whom we owe this Defcripti- 

 on, takes notice of a Redwood^ whereof there 

 grow great quantities on the Northern Coaft ; 

 the Indians make ufe of it for dying, and mix 

 a kind of Earth they have with it. It makes 

 a bright gloffy lively Red, which no wafhmg 

 can fetch out again. This we fuppofe to be 

 xh^ NicaragusyNood. Their Roots are Pota- 



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