324 Mr, WAFER'* Defcription 



refemble our Dyers-floats in the Thames at London i 

 and the Indians ufe them chiefly for Paffage crofs a 

 great River where Canoas or other Trees are want- 

 ing ; or for Fifihing. 



Whiter Another Tree they have which we call White-wood. 



weed. The Body of it grows in Heighth about 1 8 or 20 

 Foot, like a large Willow, and about as thick as 

 one's Thigh. The Leaf is like Sena, very fmall. 

 The Wood is very hard, clofe and ponderous, and 

 exceeding white, beyond any European Wood that 

 ever I faw, and of a very fine Grain : So that I can- 

 not but think it would be very good for inlaying, 

 or other Cabinet-work. I never faw this Tree any 

 where but in this Ifthmus. 



Tama- They have Tamarinds here of the brown Sort, 



rinds. and good, but not well manured. The Tree is a 

 fair fpreading one, and very large of the kind. 

 The Tree grows ufually in a fandy Soil, near a 

 River. 



Locuft- The Tree alfo that bears the L^i?-fruit, grows 

 Tree. h ere> The wild Sort is found in great Abundance, 



'tis not much unlike the Tamarind. 

 Baftard- They have a Baflard-Cinnamon alfo, bearing a 

 cinnamon Cod fhorter than a Bean-cod, but thicker, it 



grows only on the Main. 

 Bamboes. Bamboes grow here but too plentifully, like a 

 Briar, whole Copfes of them. The Branches or 

 Canes grow in Clufters 20 or 30 or more of them 

 from one Root, and guarded with Prickles. They 

 render the Places where they grow almoft impafla- 

 ble, which are generally fwampy Grounds, or the 

 Sides of the Rivers. They are found moftly on 

 the Main, the IJlands having only fome few of 

 them. 



Hollow- The Hollow Bamboes are on the Main only. They 

 Bamboes. g row 20 or 30 Foot in Heighth, and as thick as 

 one's Thigh. They have Knots all along at the 

 Diftance of about a Foot and a half. All the Space 



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