it wiilcaufe a fwellings if into the eye, blindefs for feveral 
days? And whether the (badorv of this Tree bs Fo noxious 
that the bodies of Menrepofing under it, will fwell ftrange- 
ly ? And whether the meat it ftlf, that is boil'd with the 
fire of this wood, contrads a malignky, burning the Month 
smd Throat ? Further, whether the Natives ufe the Milky 
jdyce of this Tree, and the Dew falling from it, and the 
juyce of its fruit, in the competition of the poyfon, they 
inied their Arrows with? 
1 8. T X THether the skin of the Tato^ and the little bone 
V V m his Tail, do indeed, as is related, cure deaf- 
iflinefs, and pains of the Ears ? And whether this Animal 
be proof not only againft the Teeth of Dogs, but alfo a- 
gainft Burets ? 
xp. Whether the Birds called Canities, be fo docile, that 
fome of them learn to fpeak not only Indian, but alfo "Dutch 
and Sfanifh, finging alfo the Airs in the Indian Tongue as 
well as an ' Indian himfelf? 
And whether the Bird Celihrj have a fcent as fweet as the 
fineft Amber and Musk? Both which is affirmed by our 
French Author. 
20, To procure fome of the fat of the Birds, calPd Fre- 
gdtiy reputed to be very Anti-paralytical and Anti-poda- 
grical. 
21. To feed over a Z^pike, which is faid to be like 
the Water Vike, but that inftead of Fins it hath four feet, on 
which it crawls. 
32. Whether the skin of the Sea-wolf^ wiich they other- 
wife call the Requiem, be forude and ftiff, that they make 
Files of them, tit to file wood ? And whether it be ufually 
guided by another Fifh, that is beautifi'd with fuch a variety 
of curious and lively colours, that one would fay, fuch Fifti- 
es were girt with neck- laces of Pearls, Corals, Emerauds , 
II. Of Animals and Infers. 
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