Moft Creatures dri nk little or nothing there, A$ Hogs I nay, Horfes 
in GuanahoA never drink % nor Cows in fome places of the Uknd for 
{\%m0nths s Goats drink but once perhaps In a week. Parrots never 
drink, norParrokets 5 nor Civet-Cats but once a month. 
Thehotteft time of the day to us, is Eight in the Morning, when 
there is m Brife. I fet a weather-glafs in the window, to obferve the 
weather, and I found it not to rife confiderabjy at that time, but by 
two of the clock it rofe two inches. 
renhi'Treaclc did fo dry in a Gally-pot, as to be friable 5 aud then 
it produced a Fly, called a Weavily and a fort of white-worm. So 
did' the PiluU de trihus produce a WeaviL 
I fhall conclude with an Obfer vation of a ftrange Quality of a piece 
of Land :: There is in the midft of the Ifland a Plain, called Magotti 
SavannA, in which whenfoever it rains (and the rain paffcs along the 
Ifland before it falls there) the rain, as it fettles upon thefeams of any 
garment,turns in half an hour to Magots ; yet is that plain healthful to 
dwell in \ and an huadred, that have fccn the thing.affured me of it. 
Infinite might the obfervations be, if I had alwaies enjoyed my 
health,for the fpeculative Philofophersj^lmoft every thing there being 
new^and Nature being luxuriant in her Produdions in thofe parts : 
But I (hall not trouble you with imperfed Memorials, &e. 
S$ far this curious ohferver\ whofe laudable Example may both 
quicken and dired other Travellers in the Particulars, to be taken no- 
tice of in their Voy^es^,, 
:Extra^ of a Letter^ mhtenhj Mr. Sam. Coleprefs 10 the PMlfher^ 
containiffgdh Account of fome Magnetical Experiments ; as alfo of 
m excellent Liquor made of Cjder- Apples and Mulberries. 
PrefumingiWhat e'rc tends to the farther difcovery ohht Magnetick 
venue, will not be unwelcome to you,encouraged by a hint, given in 
p'Ag. 423. of your PhiL Tranfalt. 1 fhall not fcruple to relate to you 
wo or three Experiments of mine own, performed in the prcfence of 
Sir William Strode, 
I * I took a Loadftone unpolifh'dj which attra<fted but meanly ; and 
I heated a Lath-nail glowing hot^ nimbly applying the North-pofe of 
the faid Magnet to it, which auickly took it up> and held it fufpended 
a gr£at while, till I put down both the Magnet and Nail. 
2. 1 took the fame ftone, and caft it into the Fire, letting it remain 
ihere, till it was thorow hot^ altering its colour from black to red, and 
being 
