of the 1 land of Barbadoes. 
wide, { 4s was beyond the proportion of windows to repair that | 
want) and fo let in thefire 5 not confidering at all, that there was {uch 
a thing as (hutters for windows, to: keep out the rain that hurt them, 
rand let in the wind to refrefh them, and do them good at their plea- 
fure. But this was a confideration Jaid afide: by. all, or the’ mot 
part of the meaner fort of Planters.) But at lat I. found the true 
‘reafon, wastheir poverty and indigence, which wanted the means 
tomake fuchconveniences; and fo, being compelled by that , had 
_} rather fufter painfully, and patiently abide this. inconvenience, than 
fell or part with any of their goods, to preverit-fo great a mifchief : 
So loath. posr people are to part with that, which is their next 
immediate help, to fupport them in their great» want of fuftenance. 
For, at that lock they often were; and fome good Planters too, that 
far'd very hard, when we came firft into the Iflands,- So that hard la 
‘bour, and want of viduals, had fo much deprefs‘d their {pirits, ias they 
| Werecome-to a declining and_ yielding conditior. ., Nor can this-be 
called flothfulnefs or {luggithnefs in: them, as fome,wilihave it; buta 
decay of their fpirits, bylong and tedious hard labour, fleight feeding, 
and i) lodging, which isable to wear out and quell the beft (pirit of the 
world... EOF to tiosig ve 7 
| _ The Loca/tis a tree of fuch a growth, both forlength and bigness, 
| = may ferve for beams ina very large room : I have feen many of 
t ut DOdIes are aDOV J 
the {tem or body, three foot and half The timber of this tree is. a 
hard clofefubitance, heavy', but firm, and not apt to bend, fome: 
fo brittle. - 
The Bully-treewwants fomething of theol, of thefe, 
but in his other qualities goes beyond either 5. for;-he is full out asla- 
The Redwood and prickled yellow wood, good for pofts or beams,and are 
lighter than the Lecn{? 5 both are.accounted very lafting, and good for 
building. © The Cedaris, -without.controul:, the beft of alls. but,by 
}rea{on it works {mooth, and looks beautiful, we ufe it. moft in Wain- 
{cor, Tables, and Stools. Other timber w€ have, asthe Jron+mood,and. 
another fort, which areexcellent good to endure wet and dry; and 
ofthofe:we make Shingles, which being fuch a kind of wood, .as will 
not warp nor rive, are the beft coverings for a houfe that cau be, . full 
out as good.as Files, andlyelighterupontheRafters. . . .. 
«We have two forts .of Stone , and. either will. ferve iridifferently 
well id, building : The one we find on fides of {mall Hills, and it lyes 
ds oursdo inExg/land, in Quarries; but they are very {mall , rough, 
and ill fhaped, fome of them ‘porous, like Honey combes; but being 
dry, thatI have (een; and)by the help of this ; we make thebetter 
fhift with our ill fhap’d ftone 5, for this lime binds it faft together, and 
keeps it firm toendure the weather: _ Other Stone we have, which we 
find in great Rocks, and maflie piecesin the ground, but {0 foft , as 
the means of cutting it with two-handed Sawes, which being hard, 
we could not fo eafily do, and the eafinefs caufes the expedition; for 
ove fifty foot high, the diameter of | # 
what hard fortooles tocut 5/ brittle, but Jafting., asaftick, not alto- A 
ether BE he, but ofa tougher fubftance, and, not accdunted |, 
| fting, a (trong, butnot fo heavy,. nor fo hard fortooles to work. | Timber, 
burnt, they makcexcellent Lyme, the whitcft and. firmeft when. ’tis | 
_ | with your ya you may bore a hole intoit 5 and this fofthefs givesus : 
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