that other, in whkli Tmade this obfemtion] They told me that tt 
ruftcd more at High-floods, than at Meap-tides s the height ot the 
Beach hindringthe Salhe exhalations. This remark put me in mind 
ofthe vanity ofthe Argtiment of M. Ligerts and others, viz. That 
the Air of the We ft ^ Indies was hot and moift, becaufe of the Rufting 
of Iron s whereas it indeed arifes from fome other principle in the 
Air 5 for at the point of Cagua^ where it fcarce raineth 40 ftiowers 
in a year. Iron ruftsas much or more than any where ; yet are there 
other parts of the 7/7 W, in which of 9 months nor one paffes with- 
out great Rains : befides , in Jamaica it rufts leaft in rainy Wea- 
ther. 
The Steams of the Sea are found of fuch a nature, that our fweet- 
.meats rotted*, Sugar of Rofes, and other Lozenges grew moift ; not- 
withftanding that there was no reafon to attribute it to any rainy 
weather. And thofe Pies and Gammons of Bacon, which had kept 
well before, after they had been once expofed to the open Air, de- 
cayed more in a day or two, than in fix weeks before^ 
On the point Cagua, the Iron Guns at the Fort were fo corroded, 
that fome were near become ufelefs,being perforated almoft likeHo- 
ny-Combs ; A nd I could at any time with 2 or 3 ftroaks of a Hammer 
break off fome pounds of Rufty Iron, which fcrved for prepared 
Steely and in Salves, But the Guns which lay in the Salt-water, 
were not much endamaged by Ruftj as we found, upon taking up 
of fome. 
Many things receive damage by the Air : Not only Iron rufts, but 
even Linnen rotSj and Silks once expofed to the Air do rot without 
lofing their colour. If a Lancet be once expofed to the air it will 
ruft, though you prefently put it up again 5 but if it be never expo- 
fed to the Air, it will hardly ruft. 
At D/^/a certain Ale-feller will warrant, that the Ale, as he or- 
ders it, (lialibe carried good to the Weft or Baft- Indies. His way to 
prepare it is this, as he told me himfelf, he twice mafhes it with 
Frc(l}'Malt^ and twice boils it well 5 yet all this kept it not from 
^ fowring ; as 1 obferv'd during my ftay there. We bought of ic to 
carry ro J^amaica^ and then hedirededus thus. To every Rundlet 
of 5 G aliens ^ after it is placed in the fhip, not to be IHrred any more, 
put in two new-laid Eggs whole, and let them lie in it*, hefaid that 
in a fortnight or little more, the whole Egg-(hells would be diffolv- 
cd, and the Eggs become like Wind-Eggs, inclofed only in a thin 
