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7. What is the wood tek on the Malabar 

 coaft, of which the Indian fliips are built? Is it 

 a facV that it is never attacked by fea worms (te- 

 redo, Lin.)? , , 



, 8. The various kinds of pulfe, as peafe, beans, 

 phafeolv&c. efpecially fuch as are reared at the 

 Cape of Good Hope, and exported to the Indies ; 

 the other fruits likewife which are cultivated at 

 the Cape, and taken in as refrefhments on board 

 the European fhips. 



9* The different kinds of palm trees, their na- 

 ture, foil, characters, names given by the natives, 

 and the ufes they put them to', or their fruits, 

 leaves, bark, pulp, &c. 



10. To what genus and fpecies does the grafs 

 called Tatack belong? and where does it grow, 

 befides Madagafcar, Java, the Malay Iflands, and 

 the French Ifle de Bourbon ? The graffes in ge- 

 neral which thrive in particular countries and cli- 

 mates, with the foil and culture* and the kinds of 

 cattle moft addifted to each. , 



,11;. ,What. plant bears the famous Indian nut, 

 •which is ufed as a reftorative, and is immenfeiy 

 dear, being fold according to fome at three thou- 

 fand pounds each ; the place where it is culti- 

 vated, the foil it requires, and it's real or imagi- 

 nary virtues ? 



12. TheColumbo root, called by the Portuguefe 

 Raiz de Mozambique, is a native of the continent 

 of Afia, but it has been tranfplanted to Columbo 

 in Ceylon, and the Dutch now fupply all Afia 

 with in Is it different from the root of Lopez or 



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