£470 • 
To inquire^ Whether tliq great quantity of TeUow Amher^ 
which is fold at Cairo^ be by reafoh that it is the Gum of a certain 
Tree growing in <ty£^^j^tj or ^thiofia^ ^% Bdlomm ^h^tDiodorus 
Skulm z&xm^*! And whether befides feveral Animals that are 
found inclofed in that Amher, there is very frequently fome part of 
the Bark of aTreefound^fticking to it 
7. To inquire of a certain Tree, growing not far from Cdro y 
which bears a Fruit fluffed with Wool!, that is finer than Silk 5 of 
which the Jrai^s make Linnen that isfofter than Silk^ and whiter 
thanCottonf 
8. Whether Crocodiles ^thzt ^ire found to be fometimes Thirty 
foot long^ are hatched of an Egge. no bigger than a Turkeys f " 
9 . Wtiether the Ichneummy or ^gjpian Water-R at can kill 
a Cmodile^ by skipping into his Mouthy and gnawing his vyay qut^as 
Old Writers Affirm f 
10. whether it be true. That the ^/^4^/ can Charm the Cro- 
codiles*^ or^ Whether there be on the iVi/^'s fide any Talifmdns^ or 
Conflellated Figures^ beyond whi^h the Crocodiles cannot pafs, as 
fome would ihake us believe ? 
1 r. To inquire at Cairo for feveral Brogues^ which are commoii 
there, and much in ufe j yet npt brought into Europe^ ^s Jca- 
eid j Calamus odoratus J jimomum^ C&fius^ Ben Alburn^ and di- 
vers fuch others. 
1 2; Whether the Female Falm tree be not fruitful ;> unlefs Ihe 
grow by the Male^ as fome would bear us ip hand f 
I J. To inquire, Whether the Appearance of the Leggs and 
Arms of Men, related to ftand out of theground,co agreatnum- 
ber, at a pbxe fiv Miles from Cairo, on Good- Friday , do ftill conti- 
nue f Andhow mat Impofture is performed 
14, Whether Children born there in ih^Bigkh Months do 
uftially 
