14.6 The Hifiory of Book I, 



commonly fpared when the higheft houfes are remov'd from 

 one place to another, if not quite ©verthrown by the impetu- 

 ous agitation of the winds railing this Tempefh 



CHAP. XXIV. 



Of fome other Inconveniences of the Country , and ffat 

 remedies thereof. 



B Efides the Thunder, Earth-quakes and Hurricanes, which 

 (hake, the very foundations, and blaft the beauty of the 

 Caribby-Ijlands , there are fome other Inconveniences 

 which much annoy the Inhabitants, though not lb much to be 

 feared as the precedent. Thefe we have referv'd to be the fub- 

 jec~r of this laft Chapter, wherein out of the defire we have to 

 contribute all lyes in us to the well-being and fatisfacYiori of 

 thole amiable Colonies, we ftiall propofe the remedies which 

 the experience of the ancient Inhabitants, and the judgment of 

 feveral eminent Phyficians have found moft proper and effectu- 

 al to fecure them from thcfe dangerous confequences. 



MO VSTICOES, and UAKJNCOINS. 



I-^Here is then, in the firft place, a fort of very fmall Flies, 

 by fome called Mouficoes^ which are felt commonly be- 

 fore they are feen : But in that little weak body there is fo 

 fharp and venemous a fting, as caufing an importunate itch 

 that will not be fatisfi'd till the Ikin be foratch'd off, the wound 

 degenerates into a dangerous Ulcer if fome remedy be not 

 apply'd. 



There is another kind fomwhat bigger, and making a noife 

 like that of the Flies, leen in thefe parts neer ponds and fenny 

 places, by fome of the inhabitants of the Caribbies called Ma~ 

 ringoins : They do the fame effect with the former, being 

 arm'd with a little fting which pierces through cloatbs, nay 

 through the Hammocks, or hanging-beds on which people reft 

 themfelves : But both kinds have this particular to them, that 

 they never do any mhchief, but they before-hand proclaim a 

 war, and found a charge with their little Trumpet, which ma- 

 ny times does more frighten then their ftinging hurts. 



To avoid the annoyance of thefe two little infers, the In- 

 habitants place their houfes on a little eminency, give them air 

 on all fides, and cut down all the Trees which may hinder the 

 Eaft-wind, which is the ordinary wind blowing in thofe Illands, 

 and which drives away thefe wicked and importunate enemies s 



Thofe 



