X$8 Of opt. Mow EL J)AVt§, 

 fmbllng Hedge-Hogs ^ of thefe Nuts comes a 1!^ 

 quid and pleafapt Icented Oyl, ufed as Food an4 

 Jiauce all over the Coaft, butcfiiefly in the Windr 

 ward Parts of Africa^ where they ftamp, boil an4 

 skim it off in great Quantities \ underneath, where 

 the Branches faften, they tap fpr Wine, called 

 Covha^ in this Manner ^ the JSfegroes who ar^ 

 ilpioftly limber aftive Fellows, encoitipafs them- 

 felves and the Trees with a Hoop of ftrong With, 

 and run up with a great deal of Agility \ at the 

 Bottom of a Branch of Nuts, he mat es an Excar 

 vation of an Inch and a half oyer, and tying faft 

 Jiis Calabalh, leaves it tp deftil, which it dpes to 

 two or three Q_uarts in a Night'$ Time, wheii dona 

 hephigs it up, andchooles another ^ for if fuffered 

 to rpn too much, or in the Pay Time, the Sap i^ 

 lipwarily exhaufted, and the Tree fpoiled i The 

 Liquor t]ius 4t*awn, is of a wheyilli Colour, in- 

 to^icgting and fours in 24 Hours, but when new 

 dravyn, is fleafantefi to thir(i: apd httpger bgth : It is 

 frpm thefe Wines they draw their Arack in hdia. 

 On the very Tpp of the Palm, grows a Cabbage, 

 flailed fo, I believe, from feme refemblance its Taft 

 i$ thQught tQ. have with ours^ and is ufed like it i 

 the Covering has a Down that makes the beft of 

 Tipder, and the Weaving of pther Parts are drawn 

 put into ftrong Threads. 



Coco'Nut-'Jrees ^re branched like, but not fo tall 

 las^ P4m Trees, the Nut like them, growing under 

 the Branches, and clqfe to the Trunk", the milky 

 tiqupr they contain, (to half a Pint or more,) is 

 often drank tP quench Thirft, but furfelting, and 

 this |nay be obferved in theii' Way of l^Iourifht 

 ftient^ that when the Quantity of Milk is large, 

 the Shell ^nd Meiit are very thin, and harden and 

 ihicken in Proportion, ?is that lofes. 



Cotton Tr e^s ^Uo^Lve the Growth of all Parts of 

 ^frich^ U Weil its the Iflands^ of vaft Bigne% yet 



