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White- Ananas, the' Pointed, and that called the Pippin, or Re- 

 net te : This laft is more efteem'd then the other two, inafmuch 

 as being ripe it hath as to the tafte all the rare qualities be- 

 fore described j it hath alfo a fweeter fcent then the others, and 

 does not fet the teeth fo much on edge. 



The natural Indians of the Country, and the French who 

 live in the Illands make of this fruit an excellent drink, not 

 much unlike Malmfey, when it hath been kept a certain time : 

 there is alfo made of it a liquid Conferve, which is one of the 

 nobleft and mod: delicate of any brought out of the Indies : 

 they alfo cut the rind into two pieces, and it is preferv d dry 

 with lbme of the thinneft leaves , and then the pieces are 

 neatly jnyn'd together again, and they ice it over with Sugar, 

 by which means the figure of the fruit and leaves is perfectly 

 preferv'd % and there may be feen in thofe happy Countries, not- 

 withftanding the heats of the Torrid Zone, a pleafant reprefen- 

 tation of the fad productions of Winter. 



In Phyfick the Vertues of it are thefe : The juice does ad- 

 mirably recreate and exhilarate the Spirits, and comfort the 

 Heart 3 it alfo fortifies the Stomack, cureth Queafinefs, and 

 caufeth Appetite : it gives prefent eafe to fuch as are troubled 

 with the Stone, or ftoppage of Urine 3 nay it deftroys the 

 force of Poyfon. If the fruit be not procurable, the root will 

 do the fame effe&s. The water extracted from it by diftilling 

 hath a quicker and more efFedhial operation 3 but in regard it 

 is too corrofive, and offends the mouth, palat, and uretory 

 vefiels,it muft be very moderately ufed,and with the advice of 

 an able Phyfician, who knows how to correft that Acrimony. 



SVGAR-CANES. 



THe Reed which by its delicious juice fupplies that ftJb- 

 ftance whereof Sugar is made , hath leaves like thofe 

 of other Reeds which grow in Marines and neer Ponds, but 

 only they are a little longer and (harper , for if they be not ta- 

 ken with a certain care and fleight, they will cut a mans hands 

 like a Rafour. It is call'd the Sugar-Cane, and grows up in 

 height between five and fix foot, and two inches about: it is 

 divided by feveral knots, which are commonly four or five 

 inches diftant one from another 3 and the greater the diftance 

 is between the knots, the more Sugar are the Canes apt to 

 yield. 



The leaves of it are long, green, and grow very thick, in 

 the midft whereof rifes the Cane, which alfo at the top isloa- 

 den with feveral pointed leaves, andone kind of knot of them 

 which contains the feed: it is as full as it can be of a white 

 and juicy pith, out of which is drawn that liquor that makes 

 the Sugar. 



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