The Hi/lory of 



Book I. 



is a kind of Tunal^ on which there have been feen certain little 

 worms in colour like a Ruby, which dye Linen or Woollen- 

 Cloth,whereon they are cruftYd, into a very fair and lively Scar- 

 let-colour. 



TORCH. 



THe Plant called by the Caribbians Akpnkrou^ fome of the 

 European Inhabitants of thefe Iflands call the Torch ; 

 it is a kind of great Thiftle growing like a great bulhy Briar, 

 furnifh'dof all fides with prickles, extreamly fharp andfmall: 

 there (hoot forth in the midft of it nine or ten (talks without 

 either branches or leaves, growing up to the height o"f nine or 

 ten foot, ftrait,and channelled like fo many Torches : they have 

 alfo very fharp prickles, like fo many fmall Needles, which fo 

 fecure them that they cannot be touched of any fide : the rind, 

 and what is within it, is foft and fpongy enough. Every Zorch 

 bears at a certain feafon of the year, between the channels of 

 theftalk, certain yellow or violet flowers, which arefucceed- 

 ed by a fruit like a great Fig, good to eat, and delicate enough. 

 The Birds love it well, but they can only peck at it flying, be- 

 caufe the prickles hinder them from lighting on any part of 

 the Plant. The Indians get off the fruit with little forks or 

 fticks cleft at one end. 



LIEN E S. 



THere are feveral kinds of Plants which creep along the 

 ground, or are faftend to Trees j nay fome which very 

 much obftruct peoples pafiage through the Forefts : The In- 

 habitants call them Limes 5 fome are like a great Cable, others 

 bear flowers of feveral colours : nay fome are loaden with 

 great brownifh hulks a foot or better in length, four or five 

 inches thick, and as hard as Oak-bark, wherein are contained 

 thofe curious fruits called Sea-Cheftmts, which have the figure 

 of a heart, and the pulp taken out, are made into Boxes to 

 keep Sneezing-powder, or any other fweet powder. The 

 fruit, called by the Inhabitants Lienes-Jpples, grows on a kind 

 of Willow, which is faftend to the greater fort of Trees like 

 Ivy : it is about the bignefs of a Tennis-ball, andcover'd with 

 a hard (hell, and a green out-fide, containing within it a fub- 

 ftance, which being ripe hath the figure and tafte of Goofe- 

 berries. 



SEMPER-VIVVM. 



THere are in thefe Iflands feveral kinds of Herbs that never 

 dye or wither , whereof fome grow on trunks of old 



Trees, 



