1 30 The Natural Hiftory 1 



!- 71. Bread-Peach. The Fruit of this they 

 eat boyl'd with FJefh and Fifh inftead of 

 Bread h it hath a large Kernel, which they 

 alio eat with it- f 



72. The P/V^rf. Is a large branched 

 1 ree, the Leaves grow by pairs of divers 

 Sizes, viz- from three to eight Inches 

 long s the Flowers fmall four leaved of a 

 Straw colour, the Fruit oval, the Meat of 

 f pleafant fharp tafte, with a ftipticity or 

 drynefs. 



73. .Amber Plumb. Its Branches thorny 

 the Flower five leaved, but very fmall • its 

 Fruit yellow, pleafant, tho' fomewhat four 

 and bitterifh : it ripens in January and Feb- 

 ruary. 



74. Bay Plumb. The Fruit when ripe 

 black, but before yellow. 



75- The Kidney-Plumb. The Skin and 

 Flefhis yellow, and fmells like Spanifi-foap. 



76. Mangala Plumb. Its Flowers are like 

 Je famine, and very fragrant ^ the Fruit of 

 a greenifh yellow, frequently fpotted on 

 one fide with red b the Kernel is very white 

 and fweet tafted 5 and therefore eaten with 

 the Fruit, but not until they fall off them- 

 felves. 



77. Fire-wot. The Natives make a Hole 

 in a piece of this Root dryed, into which 

 they put a flick of a certain hard Wood 5 

 and by^ronftant turning round, it creates 



fire, 



|f. Rivet 



