of John Cockburn, &c. 4 1 



having Power to exhale away all Moiftureof 

 that Nature a few Minutes after his Riling : 

 At laft, to our great Amazement, as well as 

 Joy, we faw Water dropping, or as it were 

 diftilling faft from the End of every Leaf of 

 this wonderful (nor had it been amifs if I 

 had faid miraculous) Tree ; at leaft, it was 

 fo with refpeft to us, who had been labour- 

 ing four Days through extream Heat, with- 

 out receiving the leaft Moifture, and were 

 now almoft expiring for the Want of it. 



We could not help looking on this as 

 Liquor fent from Heaven, to comfort and 

 fupport us under our great Extremity. We 

 catched what we could of it in our Hands, 

 and drank very plentifully of it ; and liked 

 it fo well, that we could hardly prevail 

 with ourfelves to give over. A Matter of 

 this Nature, could not but excite us to make 

 the ftri&eft Obfervations concerning it ; and 

 accordingly, we ftaid under the Tree near 

 three Hours, and found we could not fa- 

 thom its Body in five Times. We obferved 

 the Soil, where it grew to be very ftoney ; 

 and upon the niceft Enquiry we could after- 

 wards make, both of the Natives of the 



Country 



