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Wood not very big,and bind them together 

 collaterally with Maho Cords, making of 

 them a kind of Floor. Then they lay an- 

 other Range of Logs a-crofs theFe, at 

 Fome diftance from each other , and 

 peg them down to the former with 

 long Pins of Macc&w-vtoodi 3 and the 

 Wood of the Float is Fo Foft, and tena- 

 cious withal, that it eafily gives admittance 

 to the Peg upon driving, and cloFes faffc 

 about it. The Floats, were they boarded, 

 would refemble our Dyers-floats in the 

 Thames at London ; and the Indians uFe 

 them chiefly for Parage crofs a great Ri- 

 ver where Canoas or other Trees are want- 

 ing 5 or for Fifhing. 



4 Another Tree they have which we call white- 

 White-wood. The Body of it grows in mod * 

 Jieigth about 18 or 20 Foot , like a large 

 Willow, and about as thick as ones Thigh. 

 The Leaf is like Sena, very fmall The 

 Wood is very hard, cloFe and ponderous, 

 and exceeding White, beyond any Euro- 

 pean Wood that ever I Faw, and of a very 

 fine Grain : So that I cannot but think it 

 would be very good for inlaying, or other 

 Cabinet-work. I never faw this Tree any 



where but in this Iflhmm. 



They have Tamarinds here of the brown Tamarinds 

 fort, and good,but not well Manured. The 

 tree is a fair Threading one, and very 



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