Chap. XVIII. <*A M E%_1£ A. ^6 9 



Moreover, this Ifland abounds with the fijlacie or TiJiick-TSluis, which grow on Thcp^»<*- 

 fmall Trees, with foft long Leaves, round at bottom, and ending in three Points : 

 Thefe Trees being commonly full of thick Boughs, fervc commodioufly for 

 Hedges -the Wood and Leaves fweatamilky Juice, dropping out of the fame with 

 the Rain . the yellow Flowers which grow on the fame are like glittering Stars, 

 and the tafte of the Nuts like a Hazle j but if the Skin which covers the Kernel 

 be not pull'd off before they are eaten, they purge to Death. 



But the great Profit which Nevis receives by Nature is attended with fome In* ™ c ^* 

 conveniences/which trouble this and all the other Iflands : amongfl many may be 

 reckon'd trfe Mufticbo's, a fort of little Bugs, whofe poyfonous Sting caufes fuch in- 

 tolerable Itching, that thofe who are ftung by them cannot forbear to fcratch them- 

 felves till the Blood comes, by which their Sores fettering, prove often very dan* 

 gerous. 



Alfo the Muringo'msy who are fo much the lefs dangerous, becaufe they make al- ty***!* 

 ways a great noife before they fling. 



Wafps likewife are here very troublefom, but their Stings arc cur'd with Rue, 

 as the Stings of Scorpions are with the Juice prefs'd out of the fame Animal. 

 i The Wood-Lice, which are here in great abundance, have a foft and white Bo- WoodLire - 

 dy, onely the Head, which is mark'd with a black Speck } their Mouthes are fo 

 very hard, that in two hours time they cat through thick Cherts. And no lefs da- 

 mage do the Bayettos. 



6ut the Cbigps arc a kind of fmallFlcas,that breed in Duft,Afhes,and thelike,and ***< 

 are of all the moft pernicious ; they firft get in under the Nails of the Toes, and 

 from thence run over all the Body, but efpecially the bottoms of the Feet, where 

 / they firft occafion an Itching, and then eat Holes through the Skin . they make Bli- 

 l fters as big as Pcafe in the Flefli, wherein a fwarm of young ones breeding, caufc 

 Ulcers and rotten Flefli, which mull be eaten away with Aqua-fortis and burnt 

 Allom. 



■ 

 Sect. XII* . i 



Euffcathius. 



EUJlatbius, which is rather a Mountain, rifing out of the Ocean like 4 :>ugar» Swgjg * 

 Loaf, than an Ifland, lies at feventeen Degrees and forty Minutes : It hath 

 fcarce five Leagues in circumference, yet receiv'd fdme while fince a Colo* 

 ny of above fixteen hundred People, fent thither from the States of the United 2(e- 

 therlands, under the Command of the Lords Lamp/en and flfcr. Befides the natural 

 Strength of the Place, whereby a few are able to keep offa great number, it is for- 

 tified with a ftrong Fort, which Commands the Harbor. The Inhabitants arc very 

 induftrious, and make great profit of the Tobacco which they Plant. 



In the midft of this Ifland is a Mountain overgrown with Trees, which feems 

 to end in a Point, and hath about it a pleafant Plain. 



The abundance of Fowls, Hogs and Goats, afford the Inhabitants florc of Pro- 

 vifions ; for their Storc-houfes are never fo empty, but that they can fupply their 

 Neighbors Wants, 



The want of freflh-water Brooks they fupply with #Lain-wate*, which they pre- 

 fcrve in Citterns. 



ThcAjghthc Air of the Ifland be wholfom, and the Soil fruitful, yet it is fubjecT: 

 to many great Inconveniences . for befides the terrible Thunder-claps and Earth- 



i N n * quakes, 



