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«liovvthevare diftinguiflit^f Whether the later be the Pith of the 
former ^ Whence the beft fort comes f Whether it be ftored 
with a rich and cordial Balme^ and that be the caufe of its great 
rate^being much ufed in cafes of decay of Spirits^and the lamenefs 
and impotency of Nerves i 
2 2. Whether they draw an ^jf/^refemblingOyl of Camphire^ 
from the Roots oi GmawmrXxt^s 5 and if fo, how they draw 
itf 
25. Whether the Camphire of Borneo be not the Exfudation 
or Gum of a Tree*? 
24* Whether the can fo prepare that ftupifying Herb, 
caird Duiroa or Datura, thzx they md[ke it lie feveral Dayes, 
Moneths,, and Years^ according as they defign it Jn a Mans Body, 
without cfoing him any hurt, and at the end kill him^ without 
miffing an hours time *f 
2 5 . Whether the Betele hath fuch a contrariety to the Durm, 
that a few leaves of that, put to a whole Shop-full of Duriom, 
will make them al rot fuddenly < And whether thofe, that have 
furfetted on Durions^ and thereby over-heated themfelves, do^by 
-laying a leaf or two of Betek upon their Breafts or StomachS;, im- 
mediately cure the InflammationSjand recover^ 
: , 2^. Whether the P^/^4y^,whichbear fruit like a Melon, do not 
l>ear,unlefs Male and Female (as the Vulgar diftinguiflies them) 
'ftand together f 
27. Whether there be two forts of the Tree^caird Jrlfortri(fe, 
one, by the Name of Trifie di D/V, the other, Trijle di Notte-j 
whereaf the former flieds his flowers at the Rifing, the other^ at 
the Setting of the Sun ^ And whether thediflilled water thereof 
(caird Aqtia di Mogli by the Portugals) may nor be tranfported 
into thefe parts tf' 
28. Whether one of thofe Trees, call'd Arhre de propa- 
gates it felf into a whole Forreft, by fliooting up, and letting fall 
Roots from all its branches into the ground, that fpring up a^ain, 
and fo on c' And whether there be aby Hngle ones of tliefe Trees^ 
that are above 50. feet in Diameter, as fome affimi < 
29. What particulars areobfervable inany othtj Plants of thofe 
i i T 50. Whether 
