of the Ifthmus of America. 87 ' 



mel 3 but after a while 'twould wear off 

 asain, without further damage. The Oil Tlle oiI , 



r\ . «in excel- 



of thefe Infects is a moft Soveraign Reme^- ientSaive, 

 dy for any Sprain or Gontufion. I have 

 found it fo, as many others have done fre- 

 quently : The Indians ufe it that way very 

 fuccefsfully, and many of the Privateers in 

 the Weft-Indies : And our Men fought them 

 as much for the Oil, as for the fake of 

 eating them. The Oil is of a Yellow Co- 

 lour, like Wax, but of the confiftency of 

 Palm-Oil 



On the Samballoes I think there are alfo 

 Land-Crabs, tho 5 but few : But in the Ca- L *"J- 

 r/^e-Illands, among which I have been rabs ' 

 Crufing, and efpecially on Angnilla, they whejre< 

 are very numerous, and fome very large, 

 I iis big as the largeft Sea-Crabs that are fold 

 at London. They have them alfo in other of 

 the Weil- India Iflands 5 but on Angiiilla Anglin i iU 

 they fwarm 5 and a little Ifland near it has 

 fuch Multitudes of them, that 'tis calfd 

 Crab-Ijland, They ar.e excellent good Meat, crab* 

 and are the main fupport of the Inhabi- 

 tants, who range about a Crabbing, as they Meat-, 

 call it. After a Shower of Rain they will 

 come abroad $ and then is the beft time 

 to look out for them,. They live in Holes 

 or Burrows like Rabbits, which they dig for 

 themfelves with their Claws. When they 

 are upon the March they never go about, 

 nor turn their Backs, but crawl over any 

 G 4 thing 



