326 Mr. WAFERS Defcription 



ufe I made of it in Virginia and elfewhere 5 and I 

 have fome of it now by me. / 



Pepper. They have two Sorts of Pepper, the one called 

 Bell-Pepper, the other Bird-Pepper, and great Quan- 

 ties of each, much ufqd by the Indians. Each Sort 

 grows on a Weed, or Shrubby Bufh about a Yard 

 high. The Bird-Pepperbhzs the ftiialkr Leaf, and 

 is by the Indians better efteemed than the other, for 

 they eat a great deal of it. 



Red-Wood, There is on the Main a Red Sort of Wood that 

 .might be of good ufe for Dyers. It grows moftly 

 towards the North-Sea Coaft, upon a River that 

 runs towards the Samballoes, about 2 Miles from the 

 Sea-fhore. I faw there great Quantities of thefe 

 Trees: They are 30 or 40 Foot high, about as big 

 as one's Thigh, and the Out-fide is all along full of 

 Cavities or Notches in the Bark. "When the Wood 

 is cut, ' it appears of a Yellowifh Red. With this, 

 and a kind of Earth which they have up the Coun- 

 try, the Indians dye Cottons for their Hammocks 

 and Gowns, I tried a little of it, which jjpon boil- 

 ing two Hours in fair Water, turn'd it red as Blood. 

 J dipt therein a Piece of Cotton, which it died of a 

 good Red and when I wafh'd it, it turn'd but a 

 little paler, which I imputed to the want only of 

 fomething to fix the Colour for no wafhing could 

 fetch out the Tin&urc. 5 Twas a bright and gloffy 

 Red, very lively. 



Potatoes, The Indians have feveral Roots which they plant ; 

 especially Potatoes, which they roaft and eat. 



Tarns. They do the fame alfo by Yams ; of which they 

 have 2 Sorts, a White and a Purple. 



Ca/fava. They have a Root call'd Cajjava, not much un- 

 like a Parfnip, There are 2 Sorts alfo of thefe, a 

 fweet, and a poifonous. The fweet Sort they roaft 

 and eat as they do Potatoes or Yams. Of the poi- 

 fonous they make Bread, having firft prefs'd out 

 the Juice, which is noxious. Part of the remaining 



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