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| upward 5 and wherethey clofe, one to covér them, with the hollow, 
fide downward, and fothewhole houfeover. And this was the ufe 
they made of thebodies ofthefe Trees, for which, very many of them 
were deftroyed, : 
But, { doubt, Phave tir'd you with naming fo many Trees,and there- 
fore I willgiveover 5 but with this rule, that which way foever I have 
travelled é from the place [dwelt) either Eaft, Weft, North,orSouth, 
€ but four miles diftant) I have ftill found trees, fuch as I had never 
feen before, and not one of thofeI have named, and many of them 
éxtreamly large and beautiful. And the nearer the middle of the 
Hand, the largerthe trees, and the leaves; {fo that from trees ofa hun- 
dred foot high, toa diminution of twenty;and from leaves of cighteeh | 
inches long, witha proportionable breadth to that length, to the {mall | 
ones of halfan inch, which moft of the trees bear that (SX Vear_ the | 
Bridge, and,[ think, near the Sea, every where you fhall find many, 
and the moft fuch. And the reafonI have given béfore; the laid in 
tues. kc 8 : | 
> There are (befides the Bay-leaves, which, asI told you, might ! p 
ferve for Cloves, Mace, and-Cinamon). two forts of ea Gieareth py a 
and red-Pepper: The Giuger being a root whichbrings ades, | Ginger, 
not unlike infhapeto theblades of Wheat, but broader and thicker, : 
forthey cover the ground, as you'canaot fee any part of it. They 
are of a Popinjay colour,;the bloffome a pure Scarlet. When 'tis ripe, 
we dig up theroots, (cutting off theblades >) and put them into the 
hands ofan Overfeer, who fets many of the young. Negroes to fcrape 
them with litle knives, or {mall Iron{puds, ground to an edge. They | 
are to{crape all the outward skin off, to kill the fpirit 5 for, without 
that, it will perpetually grow. Thofe.that have Ginger,and not hands 
to drefsit thus, are compelled to fcald it, to kill the fpirit 3 and that 
Ginger is nothing fo good as the other, for it will be hard as wood,and 
black, whereas the ferapt Ginger is white and foft, and hath a cleaner 
and quicker tafte. | 
not to be difcernedat the diftance of two paces; a crimfonand fcarlet 
mixt, the fruit about two inches long, and fhines more than the beft 
polifht Coral, ‘Fhe other of thefame colour, and gliftermg as much, 
| but fhap’t Itkealarge Button’of.a Cloak ; both of one and the fame 
sper 3 both fo violently ftrong, as when we break but the skin, it 
ends out fuch-a' vapour ito‘our Lungs, as we fall all a Coughing, 
which lafts aquarter of an ‘hour’ after'the fruit is removed ; but, as 
long.as we are'garbling it, wenever give over. This Spice the Spaniards | 
love;-and:will have it i all their nicat, that. they intend to have pr 
| cant sfor-a greater Hongh'goe isnot inthe world. | Garlick is faintand| 
cool to it. It growes-on a’ little fhrub, no bigger than a Goosberry | 
bufh. | : | _ Having] 
Jona mmm” ~ enemies i ind gman ~ oS 
There is of this kind two forts 3 the one fo like a childs Goral, as Red Pepper, 
