ing of the place, which caufed the blood to ifliie out, and 
which dryed thereon; as the infeded perfon alfo ac- 
knowledged. This perfon had been undertaken to be 
cured by 3 , feverall men the firft, pretended to do 
it. by Salves, but without effecSt : The lecond, by blood 
letting ; which he reiterated fo often, that the Patient 
was much enfeebled thereby, but had no benefit ^ the 
third, who pretended great skill, purged him fo often, 
that be became much weakned thereby; and was ra- 
ther worfe : fo that in the end, he was fain to repair 
ta Harlem, for a Licence to beg. I caufed this man to 
fcratch gently fome of the f:ales ofFfrom his leg, which 
I preferved in a paper, and afterwards obferving them, 
I found that in many places, they were befet withfmall 
parts of dryed blood and matter. A 3d perfon, whom 1 . 
met, was a Youth about 1 2 years of Age, his head was co- 
vered With fuch foul fores, that 1 could not ftay to view 
it,without loathing. 
A 4th perfon I met, was a Woman, about 30 years of 
Age, who was likewife permitted to beg; fliefaid,her 
dileafe conlifted in the skins fcaling fhom her head, which 
extreamly itched, and when fcratched/ did very much 
pam her, and alfo bled, and caufed thofe red fcabs. She 
oifer'd to uncover her head, but I was fatished without it; 
the more for being from home,and lodging at a Friends 
houfe. 
Cf the Scales of Eels* .. 
Among the Fifiies, which are generated in 'our River^^ 
and waters, 1 know but of two forts, that are fa id to have 
noScales^; the one fort is the Eele and Paeli7r\,\ti {om^ 
places not diftinguiilied, but with us they are dillipguii}]- 
ei\ : t\\o Falino; being flatter and pleafingi^r intuit, a^^ 
4hef-efbre: - ft)id dearer: the '-id fort, iftl^cJSelpdui^^ihis 
laftfort are fliortj and thick, and fcarcetb be met with ; 
which 
