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A Friend of mine, Monfieut^^JS*iS?mo/zir/'dttf^^ 
me, that« he ha:s recdived fcom AmBrigayjSi foxt of 
Hony-Comb, (of a different make from the European,>^ 
which iscompofed of fmali Bottles, or Bladders of Wax, 
of a brownifli colour, inclining to black : being as big as 
Olives, and fiiapt like the Spanifli Olives. They hang 
together in Glufters, almoft like a Bunch of Grapes, and 
. are fo contrived, that each of themha^ an Aperture dur- 
ing the time of work, but it is clofed up, as foon as the 
Veffelof Wax is filled with Hony 5 and then the Bees go 
to work at another VeiTel. 
Their Lodgings are ordinarily taken up in a hollow 
Tree, or the Cavity of a Rock, by the Sea fide 5 thcfe 
being the properefl: places to fecure them from fuch Ani- 
mals, as are geeedy of their Honey, and therefore likely 
to moleft them j and they have the more need of this 
. Caution, becaufe they are more liable to be difturbed, 
then ordinary as having no Stings, and being ca- 
pable of doiilg good, but no hurt to any thing, as the 
Party that lived at ^^y^;^;^^, very well knows. When the 
Combs are removed, they muft be carryed gently, and in 
the fame Pofition they lay in till you come to the place, 
where you defign to take out the Honey. 
The Honey itfelfis clear, and liquid as Rock-water, 
and hardly to be diftinguiflit from it, by the fight ; when 
you would take it out^ you muft pierce every bottle, with 
the Thorn of a wild Palm, or a Pin, a little more then 
from the bottom ; for if yoii pierce it lower, you find a 
bottom or fediment, whofe thicknefs would hinder it 
from running ; as you prick every Bottle, you have lome 
YelTcl ready, to receive what comes from it. My Friend 
tells-. 
