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Thefe Crabs are coming from the Sea all the year long, Cex¢ept-in 
March) they hide themfelves in holes, and in houfes, and fometimes 
in hollow trees ; and into every part of the Hland they come, fome- 
times we meet them going up ftairs inthe night, fometimes m- our 
low rooms, fometimes in our Gardens, where they eat the ‘herbs. 
We hold them not good meat: Butthe Negroes will often upon sua- 
dayes goa Crabbing, and think them very great dainties when they 
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are boyled. Thefe Crabs in Afarchcome all out of their holes , and 
march down towardsthe Sea in fuch multitudes, as to cover a:great 
part of the ground where they go, and nohedge, wall, or houfe can 
ftopthem, but they will over. As we ride, our Horfes tread on them, 
‘|they are fo thick onthe ground. And they have this fenfe, to gothe 
neareft way to theSea, from the place where they are, aad nothing 
can ftopor {tay them, but death: “Tisthe time [ guefs they go to 
breed. : | 
Having paft through all the reafonable and fenfitives Creatures of 
this Ifland , 1 come now to fay fomewhat of the Vegetables ,.as of 
| Trees ; and of thofe there are fuch infinite varictics, asto mention all, 
were to loofe my felf in a wood ; for, it were impoffible for any one 
in the timeI ftayed there, (though he ftudied nothing elf) to give 
;anaccount of the particulars. And therefore I will onely mention 
fuch, as for beauty or ufe , are of molt, and greateft efteem in the 
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n firft with that, which though the name feem to promile health, 
| yet it has poyfonlodg’d fecretly within, and that poyfon may bring 
health, being phyfically applyed, and in fit timesand feafons. The 
jreafon why I think it poyfonous, is, becaufe/Cattle will not broufe, 
{nor feed on the leaves, nOr willingly come near the fhade. This tree} 
grow tobe eighteen foot high, but we have a way to employ it; 
as for beauty ane ufe,thereare none {uch in the Ifland. This tree(which 
is of the height as Ihave told you.) has many {prigs, of four, five, and fix 
foot long ; we lop them one after another, and as we take off the bran+ 
ches, cut ftakesofthem , about four foot and a half long, and ftick 
inthe manner of Palifladoes3 and fo, with a rail of either fide,to keep 
them: even, and here and there a {pur or braket on either fide , to 
keepthem {teddy for amonth; by whichtime, they willnot only ga- 
ther roots to ftrengthen them, and hold them up, but leaves to cover 
their tops, and fo evenand fmooth they fall, asto cover the tops of 
your rails and brakets, to affift thofe that are planted after them, in 
and of a full green, appear to your eyes like fo much green Sattin, 
_ | ting offthe tops) and ina while they will not only touch, 
laos on a rail or line, fo even and {0 fmooth they hang natu- 
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Theftems will grow apace, but more in their bignef§ than their 
height, (for you may ifyou pleafe, keep them at this es by cut- 
utimbody 
them in the ground an inch deep, and no more, clofeto one another, | 
themfelves, at leafttwo foot and a half downward; and will ina| 
|month more, be fo firmly rootedin the earth, as you may remove 
ni for that there is none of more ufe than the Phylick=Nut , I will 
jother places. Thefe leaves being large, {mooth,and beautifully fhap'd, | 
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