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NoH omnhfert omnia ieUm^ 
The Walnut which is divers, fome bca- 
ring fquare nuts, others like oufs, but fmal- 
kr : there is likewife black Walnut of pre-* 
cious ufe for Tables, Cabinets and the like* 
TheWilnut-trec is the tougheft wood in the 
Countrie, and therefore niade ijife of fo? 
Hoops and Bowes, there being no Yew 
there growings In England they made 
their Bowes ufuailly of Witch, Hifd, Aflh 
Yew, the beft of outFandifh Elni^, but the 
Indians make theirs of Walnut. 
The Line-tree with long nuts, the other 
kind I could never find ; the wood of this 
Tree, Laurel, Rhamnus, Holly and Ir/ are 
accounted for woods that caufe fire by at- 
trition ^ Laurel and Ivy arc not growing in 
Net^'EngJand : the Indians will rub two 
feai'd (ticks of any fort of wood , and 
kindle a fire with them prcfently. 
The Maple-tree, on the boughs of this 
Tree I have often found a jellied fubftance 
like y<?2^e/-E^rj, which I found upon tryal 
to be as good for fore throats &c. 
The Birch-tree is of two kinds, ordina- 
ry Birch, and black Birch^ niany of thcfe 
Trees are ftript of their bark by iht Indi- 
ans^ who make of it their Canows^ Kettles, 
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