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they call Suri^ a Liquor of a grateful Sweetncfs mixed 
with Acidity ftrong and inebriateing as JVine , which 
whilft new isSweetiir the Morning, Sowre by Night ; one 
day fomewbar acidj the next day fweet , but after due 
Fermentation paft j proves an excellent moderate Drink, 
helpful! in FeaverSj very pleafant and wholfome, which by 
diftillation they improve tobe fpirituous as Brandy. Of 
this Tree and its feveral parts are Four feveral Plate?. 
Dr. HerTYim now' Profeffor at Leyden fent from 
thence a leaf of another fort oiPalmhy them called Carim^ 
pana 30 Feet longj and moderately extended 9 Feetbroad* 
Another fort called Caunga of which and its feveral 
parts ar^ Four Figures./ 
A Fourth fort called Jmpandis at very fruitful Tree 
bearing an innumerable Stock of round Fruits exceeding 
{harp of taft and bitting to the Tongue. 
A Fifth fort he c^Ws Schmida-p 
A Sixth called Bsi/^ with plain ftreight leaves undivided , 
whofe Roots boyled prove very helpful to thofe who are 
troubled with Vertiginous firs , fharpnefs of Urine^ and 
whofe bodies have been infeded with Quicksilver. 
" He tells us of the largeft of C^/^^j- which he calls Ily^ 
fuppofed' to be that which C. Bauhine calls jirundo Arbo- 
an example whereof D* Herman ^tviiov^ from 
thence, faying that the P(?rifz^^^/j- have corruptly named it 
Bcimbu or Bamboes^ which he entituled Arundo Indica arbo" 
rea cortice fpinofo^ and tells Us that they call it Nuayhas^ 
which is the Ague Treefrom its effedsupon thofe who 
wafh themfelves in thofe PF^^^^j- wherein the Leaves have 
fallen; but they tUrneit alfo to good ufe by makeing a 
Decoftion of the Leaves, which leemesonc of their beft 
difperfers of coagulated bloody either inwardly or outward- 
ly taken:, and from the pithie part in the middle of the old 
ones they make an excellent Medicine again ft the iS'^r^w- 
gury and Ibarpnefs of Vrine. The Leaves hereof feem 
different from others of thi$ Nature being not above an 
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