5O The Natural Hiftory of the Book II. 
ment of Water mutt (ceteris paribus) have the fame- Effe@ as it hath 
now,; that is, in fome Northern Countries, the AttraGtion of the Moon, 
upon the Surface of the Water, is fo great, that it rifes at high Tides, 
efpecially at the Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes, to Forty Feet ; whereas 
in this and the adjacent Iflands, when the Moon defcribes its largeft Cir- 
cle, it never rifes above Four Feet, and about Five Inches: Therefore, as the 
Force of Four is to Forty, fo much more ftrongly muft fuch Northern 
Climates feel thefe Percuflions. 
After repeated Searches into the Sides of broken Clifts, Caves, and 
deep Wells, I never found any Veins of uncommon Earth, fuch as Zerra 
_ Lemnia, or Bolus Armoniacus, or of any other worth mentioning, except 
Three Veins of coarfe red Oaker, Two in St. Lucy’s Parifh, and One near 
Codrington’s College, in St. ‘fobn’s Parifh: This, where better Paint is 
wanted, ferves tolerably well to daub over Wind-mill Vanes, or fuch 
rough Work. 
Green Tar As our moft remarkable Foflils are of the Bituminous Kind, I shall 
ary begin with the green Tar. 
This is an oily Bituminous Exudation, iffuing from fome Hills in S¢. 
Andrew's and St. Fofeph’s Parifhes, of a dirty Black, inclining to.a Green. 
The Method of procuring it is, to dig an Hole or Trench in, or very 
near, the Place where it oufes out of the Earth: This by degrees fills 
with Water, having a thick Film, or Cream, of this liquid Bitumen {wim- 
ming upon the Surface ; from whence it is skimmed off, and preferved in 
earthen Jars, or other Veffels. 
The moft convenient Seafon for gathering it is in the Months of 
January, February, and March, 
It is of fo inflammable a Nature, that it ferves to burn in Lamps. 
Its medici- As to its medicinal Qualities, it is chiefly made ufe of with great Suc- 
nalQualities. : . 4 3 5 
cefs in paralytic and nervous Diforders, as well as in curing cutaneous 
Eruptions. It is of fo penetrating a Nature, that when an Horfe, 
that hath been dofed with it, begins to be warm upon his Journey, the 
Rider will {mell the Tar very ftrongly, 
This, and one of a blacker Colour, in St. “fofeph’s Parifh, are all the 
liquid Sorts found in this Ifland. 
Solid Bitu- There is likewife another Species of Bitumen, of a folid Subftance, 
men found 
in Barbados. Called here Mumjack. 
This is dug out of Beds, or Strata, of Earth, at different Depths, in the 
Sides of Hills in S¢.Fobn’s and Sz. Andrew's Parifhes; and nearly anfwers 
the Defcription of that Bitumen, which the Reverend Mr. Maundrel 
found on the mountainous Sides of the Lacus Afphaltites, or the Dead 
Sea, where formerly ftood the Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. This Sort, 
in a great meafure, anfwers the Ufe of Coals. 
The Land_¢ _ Where the liquid Kinds are thrown up out of the Earth, the Surface of 
arren where 4 
Bitummensare the Ground is one continued Quagmire, bearing very little, if any Grafs ; 
re ; and. 
