^4 Mr- W A F E Ks Dtfcription ' 



Of the Threes y Fruits, &c. in the 

 Ifihmus ^ America; 



Trees,^- A S this Country is very Woody, fo it 

 XX contains great variety of Trees, of 

 feveral Kinds unknown to us in Europe , as 

 well Fruit-Trees as others, 

 cotton- The Cotton Tree is the largeffc of any, and 

 Trees; grows in great plenty in moft parts of the 

 Iflhmns 5 but I do not remember that I have, 

 feen it in the Sdmbdlloes, or any other of 

 the adjacent I/lands. It bears a Cod about 

 as big as a Nutmeg, full of ftiort Wool or 

 Down, which when ripe burfts out of the 

 Cod, and is blown about by the Wind, and 

 is of little ufe. The chief Advantage that 

 is made of thefe Trees, is by forming them 

 into Canoas or Periago's 5 whieh laft differ 

 from the other as Lighters and fmall Barges 

 do from Wherries. The Indians bum the 

 Trees hollow 5 but the Spaniards hew and 

 chiezel them 5 and the Wood is very foft 

 and eafy to work upon, being foftef than 

 Willow. 



cedar. The Cedars of this Count: ry are valuable 

 for their heighth and largenefs 3 there are 

 very ftately ones on the Continent, but I 



renifember 



