i o] The Paltnttte-RcyaU being faid by Ligon to be "a very tall 
and ftreight Tree, and fo tough, that none of them have been 
feen blown down, and withall hollow 5 in all which refpects they 
may ferve for fpeciall Ufes,and particularly for long Of tick Tubcs^ 
'tis muchdefired, that the largeft and longeft pieces of them, 
that can be ftow'd ia a Shif, may be fent over i 
it. Whether the Oyle expreffed out of the Plant Kicinus or 
Pdma Christie beuled by the Indians co keep them from Ver- 
m n^To fend over fome of that Oyle. 
12, Whether in the paffageof the ijthmus from Nombrt de 
Dios to Panama , there is a whole VVood, full of Senfitive 
Trees, of which, as fooo as they are touch'e, the Leaves and 
Branches move with a ratling noife, and winde themfelves toge- 
ther into a Roundifli Figure i 
1 3 # Whether there be certain Kernels of a Fruic,like a white 
Pear-plum, which are very Purgative andEmetick, but having 
the chin Film , which parteth them into halves, taken out, they 
have nofuch Operation at all, and are as fweer, as a Jordan- 
Almond? 
14. To fend over fomeof the Roots of the Herb.call'd by 
our French Author I? herbe aux flefihes (thz Dart-herbe*) which 
being ftamp'd is faid to have the vertue of curing the wounds 
made with poyfoa'd darts. 
1 5. To fend fome of the Grain of the Herbe Mask, putting it 
up carefully ift a Boxe $ which being done it will keep its Musk- 
fent i 
16. To fend over a Specimen of all Medicinal herbs, together 
with their refpective Vertues, as they sre reputed there : Item 
particularly, the Prickle-with at the Barbados; Macao, MaBic- 
tree y LocuB^ Black-mod, yellow within - 7 Five-ffrigg> Tidk-rvdod, 
White-wooi 0 Barbadas-Gedar. 
17. Whether the fruic ManceniUe of the Mdnccnillier-T^y 
though admirably fair and tragrant, yet is fatall to the Eater, 
and failing in:o the Water kills the Fifties, that eate thereof,ex- 
cept Crabbs , who yet are laid to be dangerous to eat, when 
they have fed upon this fruit ? VVhether under theB.uk of this 
Tre is contaia'd a certain Ruinous liquor, as white as Mik, 
very dangerous fothat if you chance torubb it, and this Jayce 
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