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‘| ploy them for feveral ufes, as they are of different fizes ; fome for 
| thap-d, the leaves tlie thofe of the Afhin England, but fomewhat 
bigger Tei: | 
| Nature hath provided means to fupporther 5 for, fhehas 
| no jadgmentofthem. The timber of this tree is rank'd., the 
| fourth fort, ithree being: better than it. Thavefeen, the: bodies thefe 
drees neat fixty foot high. | 
| cellent timber t to work, for i it isnot fo hard as fome others, which is 
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ereenasthe leavesof the fame tree, fimooth and fhining, and their. 
manner of growing is fo clofe to the body, and the largeft of the 
boughs, asto touch them do, that tillit be pull’d or cut off, we can- 
not perceive any ftalkit has. Of this round ball, we make dithes ae 
bowls and cups; for, being hollow within, as the Coco-nut, we em- 
dithes, fome for cups, fome ‘for bafons, and fome of the Jargelt to car- 
ry waterinjas we do Goards, withhandlesatop, asthat of a kettle, 
for they are {moother, and much ftronger than they. Thele look yery 
beautifully.on the tree, and:te me tne more beautiful, by howmuch 
they werethe more ftrange 5 for, by their firmand clofe touching the 
trees, without any appearance of {talks, they feemto cleave, rather 
-| than grow tothe trees. 
One, and but one tree in this Ifland havel feen, that bears an .Eng- : Bay tree! 
lifo name, and that istheBay tree, whofe leaves are foaromatick, as. 
three or four ofthem willamply fupply the place of Cloves, Mace, and | 
Cinamon,, in.drefiing any dilh ofmeat where that isrequired. It differs | 
{nothing mfhapeor colour from ours in Exgland. 
The Cedar is without queftion the moft ufeful timber inthe Timber 
| Iand 5 for being Strong, lafting,and not very heavy, tis good for buil- *reess 
| ding butby xeafonof the fmoothnefand fairnefs of the grain, there| 
| is much of itus’d in Wainfcots , Chairs , Stools , and other Utenfils 
wichindores; but, as they grow, I never faw any of them beautifully 
The Mattick isa.treeverytall,-bye, the body Sleades and shetefor ofits — 
{purs or brac- : 
kets. above feven foot from the ground, which, ate fixt.or engrafted in 
the body 3 and {ome ofthe fpurs reach out from thetrée to the rootsfo 
broad, asthat tables have been madejofaround form,above three foot 
anda half diameter, Some treeshave two, fomethree of thefe {purs. 
‘This tree hascommonly adoubletop,,one fide being fomewhat higher 
than theother. The fit is like none of the réft, ‘tis ofa ftammel co- 
Jour, and has neitherskinnor {tone ; but itis more like a Cancre than 
a Fruit,. ands accounted semtholaine and thereforé no man taftes it: 
“tis, [believe, the feed of the tree, for we fee none other. . The leaves 
of this treegrow of {uch a; height, astill they falldown, we can give 
The Bully treeis lefs than the Mattick, and beats a. fruit like a Bet-' «Bally 
Se Tisin Engladid 5 ‘her body:ftrait, and wellfhap’d 5 henbranches propor- | 
tionable, her timber excellent and: lafting. pate! res? 
Redwood is a handfonie tree, but not fo lofty as the Mattick, ex- Redwowk | 
les ‘reafon othe work-men commend it above’ others. “Tis a|. . 
| itidling: tree for eS ; ‘the body. about | two: foot and a —_ 4 
. | engines it 
their tooles in workingit, and that is) ~~ °°) 
/ This: acini axfood asthe: Red-wood 4 én all. relpetis 5 gs and Prickled 
Uu is yello-vv00ds 
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