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bourhood of that Iflatid^they may be carried fromthence by the 
Wind and Current^ which meeting with a ftop on the main Con- 
tinent of Am. is forced through the Gulphof F/ori^4,or Canal of 
B Jihama jgoingthQr^ conftantlyE.and into t\\QK American Sea ; 
for the Lentkula marina ferratisfeliis^Lokov SargaJJo grows on the 
Rocks about j^^w^id:^. and is carried by the Winds and Current 
fwhich for the moft part go impetuoufly the fame way ^towards 
theCoaft of Florida^ and thence into the Northern Am. Ocean, 
whereas 1 mention f.4.ofmyCatalit lyes very thick on the Sur- 
face of the Sea : But how they (hould come the reft of their Voy- 
age I cannot tell, unlefsit be thought reafonable, that as Ships 
when they go South exped a trade Eafterly Wind, fo when 
they come Norths they expe(5fc and generally rind a Wefterly 
Wind/or at leaft two parts of three of the whole Year/o that 
the Beans being brought North by the Current from the Gulf 
of F/m^<«,are put into thefe Wefterly Winds way^and may be 
(uppofed by this means at laft to arrive in Scotland. 
By the fame means that thefe Beans come to Scotland^ it is 
reafonable to believe, that the Winds and Currents brought 
from America thofe feverai things towards the Azores & Porto 
Santo, which are recorded by Feman Colon, in the Life of his 
Father Chrifiopher^ cap. 9. & Antonio de Herera firft Decad, & 
2 Chap of the Hift. of the W. Indies, to be fome of the Reafons 
moved thefaid Chrifiopber Columbus to attempt theDifcovery of 
the WJndies, The things mentioned by them, are i. a piece of 
Wood ingenioufly wrought, but not with Iron, Ingegnofamente 
la'vorato, ma noncon ferro, taken up by Martin Vicenzo a Pcr- 
tugmfe Pilot^ 450 Leagues at Sea, off Cape Sc. Vincent, after a 
Wefi Wind of many Days. 2<//y, Another piece of Wood like 
the other, taken up by Vietro Correa^ on the Ifland of Porto 
Santo y after the like Winds. 3^/7, very large Caties, much be- 
yond any growing in thofe Parts,being able to contain in one 
of their Joints Nove careBe di Ftno, or Tres azumbres de agua. 
/^thly, Some ofthe Inhabitants of thQ Azores, obkrved and told 
him^ that /^. Winds brought Pines to thefe Iflands, efpecially 
Fayal and Graciofa, which are not found growing in thole 
Parts ; and that on another of thofe Iflands, ^viz» Flores, was 
caft on Shear two Mens Bodies with larger Faces, and difte- 
rent AfpecSts from Chriftians; and that at Capo deUa Verga 
were once feen two Canoas or Barks with Cabins, which were 
believed to be forced to Sea, when accidentally they had been 
going from fome one Ifland to another. 11. A 
