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printed 5 j but alfo fo to gnaw the props whfch fuppoit the 
Cottages, that ttasy fall ^ ,A : nd whether the remedy againft 
the. latter mifchief is, to tarn the ends of the wood that is 
fixed in the ground * or to rub the wood with the Oyl of 
that kind of Palwa Christ ( a Plant) wherewith the Native! 
rub their heads to fecuie them from vermine. 
|i. Whether that for t of Vermine c&WdRavtts, fpare no- 
thing of what thy meet with ( either of Paper* Cloaths,Lin- 
nen, and Woollen ) but Silk and Gotten < 
33, Whether the little Cirons called Chiques, bred out of 
duit, when they pierce once into the feet, and under the nails 
of the toes* do get ground of the whole body, unkfstheybe 
drawn out be times ? And whether at firft they caufe but a 
little itch, but afterwards having pierced the skin* raife a 
great inflamation in the part afFe&ed, and become in a fmall 
time as big as Pcafe, producing' innumerable "Nits* that br^d 
others ? 
As to Inquiries, concerning Earths, W Minerals, ikymAfh 
taken out of Numb. 19. and as for fitch, which concern the con 
tutionof t%e Air, Winds and Weather, they are to be met with /# 
Numb, ii. 
To which latter fort may be added touching Hurricans^VVho* 
ther thofe terrible Winds, which are faidto have formerly 
hapned in thofe parts, but once in 7 years, do now rage once 
in two years, and fomctimes twice, yea thrice in one year tf 
And whether they are obferved never to fall out but about the 
Autumnal Equinoxe 5 as 'tis affirm'^, that in the Enft-lndm 
beyond the Zi^,they neverhappenbuc about the Vermk Whe- 
ther they are preceded with an extreme Calm 3 and the Rain 
which falls a lit tie before be bitterifhand fait i And whether 
Birds come timly down by whdle flocks from the Hills, and 
hide themfelves in the Valleys, lying ciofe to the ground, t® 
fecure themfelves from the Tempeft gpproaching f 
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