C a p. XX T^ Garibby-Iflands. 



of the incens'd waves cannot force it thence. It is preferv'd 

 alive by the means of the nourifhment it takes by a little hole, 

 which is as it were its mouth, and lies juft in the centre of 

 it's body. Some curious perfons remove thefe Stars out of 

 their watery Element, and having dryed them in the Sun 

 make them the ornaments of their Clofets. 



SEA-TKEES. 



NOr can the fandy flaelfs or (holes of thofe Rocks, which 

 are covered with water, endure the reproach of barren- 

 nefs : For notwithstanding the faltnefs whereby they are al- 

 ways enclos'd, they make a fhift to produce 5 among the graft 

 which is upon them, certain Trees which are immediate!^ 

 glaz'd with a falt-petef , Which renders them extremely wh!t& 

 Some conceive them to be a kind of Coral. There are taken 

 up of them of feveral figures, and fo neatly made, that the eye 

 cannot be doy'd with considering the odnefi of their ftiapcs. 



SEA-FANS. 



THere are alfo certain Vannaches^ or Sea- Fans, or Sea- 

 Feathers, which are, to fpeak by way of refemblance 5 

 as it we're the borders of that fpacious liquid Garden which 

 never needs watering : They are woven very finely, and ac- 

 cording to the quality of the Rocks whereon they are rooted, 

 they are of different colours : This only were to be wifh'd, 

 that they had folidity enough to endure a tranfportation from 

 thofe Iflands into thefe parts. 



CHAP. XX. 



Of Amber-greece its Origine ; and the mar\s of that 

 which is good^ and without mixture. 



AMber-greece is found in greateft abundance on the-Coafts 

 of F lorida^bey ond what is had of it in any other Coun- 

 try of America : Whence it come9, that the Spaniards 

 have built Forts there, to keep poffeffion of the Land, and 

 entertain with the Indians, who inhabit it, the Commerce of 

 that rich Commodity, which they carefully gather fince they 

 have been acquainted with the value of it. There hath fome- 

 times been taken up of it, after extraordinary tempefts, on the 

 Coafts of Tabago, Barboudos^ and fome other of the Caribbies^ 

 as we have received by very authentick Relations : Upon 



which 



