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forth of the Seed out of the thin Skin enclofing it, and breaking with a violence ; 

 the Juice of it Dyes of a Violet-colour, and the Swine and Birds that feed upon it, 

 are laid Co have their Flefli and Fat of the fame colour. 



A fort of Vine commonly call'd The ^aifin-Trce 1 and by the Cartbbeeans, Ouhem • 

 whofe Fruit being like a large Violet-colour'd Grape, hath in ftead of the feveral 

 fmall Grain-ftones which are inclos'd in the Husks of common Grapes, one hard 

 Stone, like that of a Plumb. 



The Acajou, bearing for Fruit a kind of Chefnut, in form of a Hares Kidney, 

 which ferves for a Creft to a very fair Apple that by degrees grows under it, of 

 which the Iflanders make a Drink, very much in efteem amongft them, being of an 



excellent tafte. 



The Icaco, a kind of fmall Plumb-Tree, fo much coveted, and held for a Deli- 

 cacy by fome People that live near the Gulf of Hondures, that they are from thence 



caird Icacos. 



The Monbain, which Fruit being a kind of yellowifli Plumb, is chiefly made ufe 

 of to hiix in the Drinks ofOmcon and Maby, to make them tafte the better. 



The Cotirbury is by fome reckon'd to be but a fpecies of the Monbain, onely more 

 full of Leaves, and growing higher and bigger j but the Fruit of the Qourbury is fuf- 

 ficiently different from that of the Monbain. 



The Indian Fig-Tree, differing in Leaf from the common Fig-Tree, but whofe 

 Fruit both in figure and tafte is not much unlike the Fig growing in thefe Parts : 

 This Tree is commonly of fuch a vaft Bulk, that the Branches of fome of them have 

 betn feen to afford (helter to two hundred Men. 



A kind of Service-Tree, differing from ours, by its exceeding heighth, fair 

 Leaves, and pleafant Fruit. 



The Prickly or Thorny Palm, fo call'd from its being arm'd all over with 

 Prickles, both Trunk and Leaves ; by incifion into its Branches a fort of Wine is 

 made, and it is conjecWd to be the fame Tree which the Brafilians call Ayry. 



The FrdHC-Palm, an exceeding high and ftreight Tree, bearing on the top of 

 its Trunk a whitifli marrowy fubftance, by the French call'd Choude falmip,ot 

 (palm-Cabbage ; for being boyl'd with the thin Leaves that incircle it, and Well lea* 

 fon'd, it is reckon'd amongft the Delicacies of the Qaribbees. 



Latanier, another kind of Talm ; and Cocoa, which is alfo reckon'd amongft the fe- 

 veral forts of Palms • this laft is a Fruit/Tree famous all over America, and hath 

 been at large defcrib'd elfewherc. 



There are alfo many other Trees fit for Dying, Joyners Work, and Building, 

 (befides the Jcajou before mention d, of the fingle Trunks whereof arc made thofe 

 long Shallops c&Wdfyrages, which arc able to carry fifty Men) as 



The Acomat, of the fame bulk and heighth with the Acajou, and equally efteem'd 

 by Joyners and Carpenters, and of the Fruit whereof the Woodquifts grow fat at a 

 certain time of the year. 



The Rofe.wood, to be rank'd amongft the chiefeft of thofe Trees that are made 



ufe of by Workmen. 



Indian Wood, a very precious and ufcful Tree for feveral forts of Materials, 



and of a very fine fcent. 



The Iron-Wood, fo call'd from its hardnefs, weight and folidity, above all that 

 have hitherto been fpoken of, and beyond either Cyprefs or Cedar for incorrupti- 

 bility. 



<Brafile*Wood,fo call'd as growing moft plentifully in Brafik* 

 TelloV-Wood, denominated from its Colour, and much efteem'd for its ufefulnefs 



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