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tains at leaft thirty Grains, and thefe are 

 larger than any Grain of our corn ; their 

 Colour varies. The Maiz of Virginia 

 grows feven or eight Feet high ; that of 

 New England is fhorter, and the Indians 

 up in the Country have a yet Ihorter Kind 

 in Ufe. The Stalk of the Maiz is full of 

 Sap, and has much fweet Juice in it, of 

 which in all Probability Sugar might be 

 made. We muft particularly take Notice 

 of the Bark Lace. The Tree that pro- 

 duces it is called Logetto^ or the Bark 

 Tree, the inner Bark of which confifts of 

 Fibres difpofed in a reticular Figure, and 

 bears fome Refemblance to Lace. It is 

 often, by curious People, made up into 

 Ruffles, ^c. Here is preferved a Kind 

 of Shirt or Garment of it, being the entire 

 inner Bark taken off the Body of one of 

 thefe Trees. 



We now come to fome Roots, of which 

 there are many Specimens ; as Ginfeng, 

 which is in high Eftimation in China and 

 Japan^ being deemed an excellent Cepha- 

 H 6 lie. 



