; -iai' The Natural Hijiory 



Fruit,, as large as an Orange, yet its infide 

 - fmells rancid. 



1 7. The Copaiba Balfam. This Tree yields 

 great plenty of a Balfam, very good in all 

 Fluxes of the Bowels. The Leaves are four 

 or five Inches long and two and a half broad 5 

 the Wood is very red,, and the Boards they 

 put to fexeral Ufes. 



8. The Banana. Its Fruit ftrait, Ihort, 

 round and fragrant 5 they are to be had all 

 the Year. 



9. Red-dye Bark Becaufe it's ufed in dy- 

 ing that colour, by boyling it in Water 5 

 its outfide is grey, within white., 



10. Soap Bark- is a Tree whofe inner, 

 feark they ufe either green or dry inftead of 

 Spanijh-foap ; it waffeing Cloaths beyond the 

 Soap-berries. 



11. The Bird-grain Berry. Its Leaves 

 grow by pairs $ are finely veined, white and 

 woolly below, the Fruit foftand fweet, and 

 eaten by the Birds- , , 



12- Blerv-berry. Becaufe ufed in dying 

 that colour ^ they will keep dry a long timej 

 iyhen ripe rhey are about the bignefs of a 

 frnall Cherry, 'and are mightily coveted by 

 the Pidgeoris. : , .,- " / 



13. the Black-Ink Berry. This the Vor- 

 inguefe call Preta. 



14. The White-Ink Berry- Is a Pear-like 

 Tree, 'with a large five Leaved yellow fra- 

 grant Rofes 4 which Mowers in OUeber and 

 November, " 1 



if. Soap- 



