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the Fire, and let the Stones be well fmoaked over it for 
■the fpace of an hour, until they are well dried in the 
fmoak 3 then hang them up in a Kitchin or in the Air 
for a week or more, until they are perfectly dry and 
hard, after which they may be pack'd up in a Cask or o- 
ther wife for Tranfportation. If there be more Stones than 
will conveniently go into the Skillet or Kettle, you may 
make another boiling of them, and add a proportion of 
frefh Afhes and order them as before. 
Obfervafions on the mahjng 0/ Cochineal, according to a 
Relation had from an Old Spaniard at Jamaica, rvho 
had lived many years in that part of the Weft- Indies 
where great quantities of that rich Commodity are yearly 
made. 
THE Infeft whereof it is made he confirms to be 
the fame which we call the Lady-Bird, alias Cow- 
Lady, which he fays at firft appears like a fmall blifter 
or little knob upon the Leaves of the Shrub on which 
they breed, which afterwards by the heat of the Sun, 
become a live Infeft, as above, or fmall Grub. This 
Shrub is allowed by feveral Authors to be the fame which 
w£ call the Prick}e-Pear 9 or Indian Fig, having thick 
roundifh Leaves that grow one out of another and full 
of fharp prickles. Thefe Grubs in procefs of time be- 
coming Flies like our Lady-Birds, as above, and being 
come to full Maturity, ( which muft be found out by 
experience in collecting them at feveral feafons) they 
Kill by making a great fmother of fome combuftible 
matter, to Windward of the (hrubs whereon the Infe&s 
are feeding, (having before fpread fome Cloths all un- 
der the Plants) whereby all the Infers being Smother'd 
and Kil'd, by fhaking the Plants will tumble-down up- 
on the Cloths. Thus they are gathered in great quan- 
tities 
