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green as the leaves of the fame trce^ fmooth and fnining, and their. 

 ! manner of growing is fo clofe to the body, and the largeft of the| 

 boughsj as to touch them fo^ that till it be pull'd or cut off, we can- | 

 not perceive any (ialk it has. Of this round ball, we make difhes J 

 bov^^Is and cups, for, being hollov/ within, as the Coco-nut, we em- 1 

 ploy them for feveral ufes , as they are of different fizes 3 fome for 1 

 dilhes, fome for cups, fome forbafons, andibm.e of the largeft to car-! 

 ry water in, as we do Goards, with handles a top , as that of a kettle, j 

 for they are fmoother, and much ftronger than they « Thefe look very j 

 beautifully on the tree, and to me the more beautiful, by how much j 

 they were the more ftrange 5 for, by their firm and clofe touching the ' 

 trees, without any appearance of ftalks, they (eem to cleave , rather ! 

 than grov/ to the trees. j 



One, and but one tree in this Ifland have I feen, that bears an Eng- Bay tree- 

 Irp name, and that is the Bay tree , whofe leaves are fo aromatick, as 

 three or four of them will amply fupply the place of Cloves, Mace, and ' 

 Cinamon, in dreffmg any difn of meat where that is required. It differs [ 

 nothing in lhape or colour from ours in England 



The Cedar is without queftion the moft ufeful timber in the Timber 

 Ifland 5 for being ftrong, lafling,and not very heavy,'tis good for buil- f^eesi 

 ding, but by reafonof the fmoothncfs and fairnels of the grain , there I 

 is much of it us'd in Wainfcots , Chairs , Stools , and other Utenfils i 

 within dores 5 but, as they grow, I never faw any of them beautifully 

 (hap'd, the leaves juftlike thofeof the Alhin England^ but fomewhat 

 bigger. | 



The Maftick is a tree very tall, but the body flender, and therefore Maflkk. 

 Nature hath provided means to fupport her 5 for, fhe has Ipurs or brae- j 

 kets above feven foot from the ground, which are fixt or engrafted in ! 

 the body , and fome of the ipurs reach out from the tree to theroot,{b 

 broad, as that tables have been made ofa round formjabove three foot 

 and a half diameter. Some trees have two, fome three of thefe ipurs. 

 This tree has commonly a double top, one fide being fomewhat higher j 

 than the other. The fruit is like none of the refl, 'tis of a ftammel co- | 

 lour, and has neither skin nor flone , but it is more like a Cancrethan ] 

 a Fruit, and is accounted unwholfom, and therefore no man taites it 

 'tis, I believe, the feed of the tree, for we iee none other. The leaves 

 of this tree grow of fucha height, as till they fall down, we can give 

 no judgment of them. The timber of this tree is rank'd amongft the 

 fourth fort, three being better than it. I have feen the bodies of thefe 1 

 trees near iixty foot high. I 



The Bully tree is leis than the Maftick, and bears a fruit like a Bui- ' BiMy 'o 

 Ih'm England her body ftrait, and well fhap'd 5 her branches propor- 

 tionable, her timber excellent and lafting. j 



Redwood is ahandfome tree, bu6 not fo lofty as the Maftick, ex- Redwood, 

 cellent timber to work, for it is not fo hard as ibme others, which isj 

 the caufe they feldom break their tooles in working it, and that is 

 the reafon the work-men commend it above others. 'Tis a| 

 midling tree for iize , the body about two foot and a half dia- 1 

 meter. \ 



This is accounted as good as the Red-wood in all r eipefts ^ and Priekied 



U is yellow-wood, 



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