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Fibres, which ferve well enough to re- 

 prefent the Legs and Horns of the vege- 

 table Animal. A very little Help of the 

 Imagination makes it altogether a toler- 

 able Lamb. Many ftrange Qualities have 

 been given to this Production, and as 

 ftrange Stories told of it ; fome having 

 defcribed it with a Skin like a real Lamb, 

 but of a much fuperior Value others 

 have faid that Wolves delighted to feed 

 on it, befides many more FiClions too te- 

 dious to take notice of here; infomuch 

 that fome were inclined to believe there 

 was no fuch Thing in Nature. 



Here we find many Specimens of the 

 various Xinds of the Apocynum, or Silk 

 Grafs, common in the Eajl and IFeft In- 

 dies^ where they apply it to fever al Ufes. 

 The different Kinds of Cotton are to be 

 feen as it grows in the Indies^ fome of it 

 burfting from the Pod. 



A great Number and Variety of Cala- 

 bafhes, of which the Indians of America 

 make many of their Houfliold Utenfils ; 



fome 



