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titles with- little trouble. Then they fpread them on the 
fame cloaths in fome bare fandy place, or ftone pave- 
ment, and expofe them to the heat of the Sun, until 
they are dry, and their Bodies fhrivel'd up, which be- 
ing rub'd gently betwixt ones Hands, will crumble into 
Grains and the Wings Separate from them, which muftbe 
garbled out % others 'tisfaid, do expofe them to the Sun in 
broad and (hallow Copper Bafons, wherein the reflecti- 
on of the Sun will dry them fooner. Thefe Plants cal- 
led the Indian Fig, are eafily and quickly propagated 
by putting a fingle Leaf above half its depth into the 
Ground, which feldom fails to take Root and throw 
out other new Leaves at the top thereof, ( of which 
Plant 'tis faid in Barladoes impregnable Fences are made ). 
Others fay they may be raifed from the Seed , or fmall 
Grains which are to be found in the proper feafan in the 
Fruit which is fomeching like a Fig, arifing out of certain 
yellow Flowers or Blofloms that grow out at the tops of 
the uppermoft Leaves, which Fruit is full of a Red Pulp, 
that when full ripe ftains the Hands of them that touch 
it, like Mulberries, with a Purple or Sanguin Color, 
whereon, or on the Blofloms, fome fay the Infefts do 
feed 3 which happily may be the occafion of that rich 
Tin&ure within their Bowels. It may be enquired like- 
wife, whether thofe Grains, which are the Seed of the 
Fruit, may not produce fome Tin&ure as well as the 
dryed Infe&s, or whether whilft they are Maggots, or 
fmall Grubs, being ordered and dryed as above , they 
may not Ihrivel up like Grains, and be as good as when 
they are become Flies with Wings, 
The Gentleman to whom we are obliged for thefe Com- 
munications, at the fame time propofed the following 
Quaeries concerning Sult-Petre and Indico, to which 'tis 
hop'd fome curious and knowing Perfons may be prevailed 
with to furnifli proper Anfwers, which would be very 
grateful to the Royal Society. H 1. 
