if the^ Ifth'raus of America. . 6y 



Upon the* Mam alfo grows the B*bhy Bibhy-ttktl 

 Tree, fo called from a Liquor which diftills 

 from it, and which pmEngHJhcAl Bilby. 

 The Tree hath a ftreight flejider Body no 

 thicker than ones Thigh, but grows to 

 a great heigth, fixty or feventy Foot. The 

 Body is ,naked of Leaves or Branches, 

 but prickly. The Branches put out at the 

 top, and ampng them grow the Berries; 

 abundantly, like a Garland round about 

 the Root of each of the Branches. The 

 Tree hath all along the infidepf it a narrow. 

 Pith 5 the Wood is very hard, and black 

 as Ink. , The Indians do not cut but burn 

 down the Tree to get at the Berries. Thefe 

 are of a whitifh Colour, and about the 

 fize of a Nutmeg. They are very Oily Nut-oil' 

 and the Indians beat them in hollow 

 Mortars or Troughs, then boil and ftrain 

 them 5 md as the Liquor cools, they skim 

 off a clear Oil from the top. This Oil is 

 extraordinary bitter : The Indians ufe it 

 for anointing themfelves, and to mix with 

 the Colours wherewith they paint them- 

 selves. , When the Tree is young they tap 

 it, and put a Leaf into the Bore $ from 

 whence the Bibby trickles down in great The Sihij: 

 quantity. It is a wheyifh Liquor, of a 

 pleafaht tart Tafte 5 and they drink it af- 

 ter it Kath been kept a Day or two, 



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