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I fiiall mention but Two or Three of many which I 
have been told are peculiar to thofe parts, becaufe I am 
not yet well aflur'd of the certainty o. the others being 
fo : and thofe are the Arhutus five VncJo^ or tiic 
Strawberry Tree ; not to be tound any wticre of Spott^ 
taneom Growth nearer than the moft Southern Parts of 
France^ Italy and Sicily ; and there too, 'tis never known 
but as a Frutex or Shrub : whereas in the Rocky Parts of 
the County q{ Kerry about Loughlane, and in the Iflands 
of the fame ii7^g/.', where the People of the Country 
call it the Ca^e Apple, it flourifhes naturally to that Dt- 
gree, as to become a large tall Tree, Petrus Bellonius 
in his Firft Book of ObfervationSy Chapter the 43d, 
takes notice, it does fo in Mount Athos in Macedony ; 
and Juba is quoted by Pliny in the Filteenth Book of his 
Natural Hijtory^ Chapter the 14th, as mentioning a 
thing extraordinary, for faying tlie Arbutiu grows to a 
high Tree in Arabia ; the Trunks of thofe m Ireland 
are frequently Four Foot and a half in Circumlerence, 
or Eighteen Inches in Diameter, and the Trees grows 
to about Nine or Ten Yards in Height ,• and in fuch 
plenty that they now cut them down, as the chief Few- 
el to melt and refine the Ore of the Silver and Lead 
Mine, lately dilcovered near the Caflle of in the 
County of Kerry, 
The other Plant I {hall take Notice of is Cotyledsny 
five Sedum ferratum Latifoliurrt Montanum guttata flore 
Parkinfimi & Raiiy vulgarly cali'd by the Gardners 
London Pride : I (uppole becaufe of its pretty elegant 
Flower ; that viewed near at hand and examined clofe- 
ly, appears very beautiful, confifting of great Variety 
of Parts: The whole Plant is mof]; accurately defcribed 
by that profound Naturalift Mr. Ray, in his Hiftoria 
Plant arum^ Page 1C46. where fpeaking of the Place 
where 
