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the Iflands of the Archipelago, 

 which I fee no Reafon to doubt 

 of: for we find it was ib gainful a 

 Commodity to the liland of Cii^ii- 

 diiHy that the Plantations were called 

 Dos VilU i the Felling of one of 

 them; being reckon'd a Daughter's 

 Portion. 



The Timber of this Tree is faid 

 to refift the Worm, Moth, and all 

 Putrefaction, and is faid to lafi: 

 many hundred Years. The Doors 

 of St. Peter's Church at Ro?r/e were 

 framed of this Material, which 

 lafted from the Great Conflantine 

 to Pope Eugenius IVth's Time, 

 Vv'hich was eleven hundred Years, 

 and were then found and intire, 

 when the Pope would needs change 

 them for Gates of Brafs. The Cof- 

 fins were m.ade of this Material, in 

 which Thucidydes tells us the Athe- 

 nians us'd to bury their Heroes; 

 and the Mummy-Chefts brought 

 with thofe condited Bodies out of 

 Egyfty are many of them of this 

 Material. 



This Tree is by many learned 

 Authors recommended for the Im- 

 provement of the Air, and a Spe- 

 handfome. Befides, the Wood of cifick for the Lungs, as fending 

 this Tree is very valuable, when forth great Quantities of Aroma- 

 grown to a Size fit for Planks j tick and Bailamick EniilTions ; 

 which I am convinced it will do, wherefore many of the ancient 

 in as fhort a Space as Oaks j there- Phylkians of the Eaftern Countries 

 ■lore, why fhould not this be cul- us'd to fend their Patients, v,'ho 



were troubled with weak Lungs, 

 to the lihnd of Candia, which at 

 that Time abounded with thefe 

 Trees, where, from the Eifedls of 

 the Air alone, very few faii'd of a 

 perfect Cure. 



The third Sort is a Native of 

 A.mmcXy v/here it grov/s in watry 

 Places, and arifes to a prodigious 

 Height, and is ^of a wonderful 

 Bulk: I have been inform'd, that 

 there are Trees of this Kind in 

 America- which are upwards at 

 U Seventy 



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'^o tTiofe which are fiieer'd, if the 

 Operation is not perform'd in the 

 -Spring, or early in the Summer, 

 are very fubjed: to be injured by 

 fharp Winds and cutting Froils in 

 Winter. Wherefore, upon the 

 Whole, I think it much better to 

 fufiFer them to grow wild as they 

 are naturally difpos'd, planting them 

 only amongfl other Ever-green 

 Trees, where, by the Darkncfs of 

 their Green Leaves, cogeiher with 

 their waving Heads, they will 

 greatly add to the Variety. 



The fecond Sort is by far the 

 largefl: growing Tree, and is the 

 moft common Timber in the Le- 

 'vant j this, if planted upon a warm 

 fandy or gravelly Soil, will profper 

 wonderfully : and tho' it is not 

 quite fo tonlile a Plant as the firft 

 Sort, yet greatly recompences for 

 that Defeft , by its vigorous Growth, 

 and Strength in relifling all Wea- 

 thers. This Tree is very proper 

 to intermix with Ever-greens of a 

 iecond Siz-e next to Pines and Firs, 

 to form Clumps, in which Clafs 

 it will keep pace with the Trees 

 of the fame Line, and be very 



tivated for that Pur pofe, fmce there" 

 are many Places in England where 

 the Soil is of a fandy or gravelly 

 Nature, and feldom produces any 

 thing worth cultivating ? Now, 

 in fuch Places thefe Trees would 

 thrive wonderfully, and greatly add 

 to the Pleafure of the Owner, 

 while growing, and afterwards 

 render as much Profit to his Suc- 

 ceiTors, as perhaps the beft Planta- 

 tion of Oaks ', efpecially fnould the 

 Timber prove as good here, as in 



