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bone Is all griftly ( and fo are his Ribbs) yet divided into vet- 
tetr*. The Seamen ufually cut them into Walking-ftaves. 
They and the Dolphin fwim fatter than any Ship faileth : So do 
the Sfanifh Maccarel alio. 
10. Civet-Cats i if you do not give them drink at al^ they will 
not die in a longer time than a Moneth. I kept one much lon- 
ger without drink. But if they drink once a Moneth , they will 
yeild more Civet ^ as I was told 5 and fo, if they be fed with fifh. 
Yet they pifs much , as do Rabbets. In thofe places , where 
there is no Rain for a whole Moneth., or longer, nor any River, 
©r Pond., Cowes lick the dew, for a fupply. A Butcher kill'd a 
Bull in an Ifland , where he could have no water but what was 
fait : he affiled me, that his Bladder was dryed up, fo that he 
made very little or no water 5 yet he mutt be guefled to have 
lived in that Ifland before the Englijh came thither 5 which was 
6 yeares before he was killed. 
11. The Swallows in famaica, as hot as 'tis, depart in the 
Winter-Moneths , and the Wild-Ducks and Teak: come hither 
then. 
12. As for the Palme-trees , perhaps you would not imagine, 
that the fo famed Tree, call'd a Cahbidge-tree, isone. I allure 
you, it is nothing elfe 5 and all that is eaten as the Cabbidge, is , 
what fprouted out that year, and fo is tender. If eaten raw, it is 
as good as new Almonds 5 and if boyl'd, excells the beft Gab- 
bidge. When that top is cut off, the Tree dies. There was one 
of thofe Trees at Barbadoes y above 300 foot high, as I was. told 
for certain. This Tree will never rot, and when 'tis dry ed, growes 
fo hard, that you cannot drive a nail into it. 
13. 'Tis certain, what was faid formerly, that the Tobacco , 
which growes on Salt-feter* Ground, flafliethas 'tis fmoaked $ but 
'tis a miftake, that any Tobacco growes mlde y in -famaka at 
leaft. The fame nitrous Tobacco will not come to fo good a co- 
lour, nor keep fo long, as other Tobacco^ infomuch that the 
Merchants oftentimes lofe all their Tobacco in the Voyage for 
England^ or Ireland; it rotting all by the way. In the fame Salt- 
Peter-Ground the Potatis-, that are planted there, are ripe two 
Moneths fooner than elfewhere * but if they be not fpent pre- 
km\y> they rot 3 the£alt- peter ( as they told oieJK fretting the 
outward 
