are fed with the heads of Fiftes and Dates boiled togethen 
13. That the Palm-trees in the Country of Balfar a zxe thus 
propagated. They dig a hole in the earth, in which they range 
2$o or 300 Date- kernels J one a top of another pyramid- wife, 
with the point upwards , fo as that the pyramid ends in one 
kernel : Whichbeingcovered with earth, the Tree grows up, 
1 4. ThatCraw- fillies do creep up on high of the white Mul. 
berry-trees about Suti-fer, eating the fruit; and at break of day 
come down again into the Rivers, near vvhich thofe Trees grow. 
15*^ Th^ Porcupins kill Lions, by darting intotheir bo- 
dy their quills, 
16. That all along theGulph of Ferjta there are vaft num- 
bers of a kind of Locufts, which are edible, and of which our 
Traveller affirms that he opened one that was fix inches long, 
and found 17 little ones in its belly,all of them ftirring. 
17. That there is a T/i/tf in Pirfia, which being beaten inta 
pieces as fmal! as- Lentils, and tinged with what colour they 
pleafe, they mix it with Chalk well fleaked, and rubbing their 
walls with it, make them fijinejafpis-like, which is very agree- 
able to the eye. 
1 8. That on tfte weft of the CaJJ^ia» Sea, a little above Chi- 
mikii tliere is a Rock advancing out upon tlie (hoar , whence 
dropsan Oy 1, of which the Perfiams make a Vernis,by infufing 
5n it fome drops of Maftic. This oyl wtiilfl: iffuing out of the 
rock is as clear as water 5 but afterwards thickens by little 
^d little. 
T 9. That tbe beft Glue in the world is made of Stmrgeon^ it 
being fo flrong^ that you ftall fooner tear the matter thus gloed 
any whereelfe than in-the place where 'tis glued. The manner 
of the Turks in preparing it is this : Whenthey have takenout 
thegarbageof the filh, they meet with a certain skin that co- 
vers the flefli ; and this they pull away from about the head to 
the end of the belly; This skin is very glutinous, and of the 
thicknefs of two paper leaves : This they roll up to the thick- 
neft of a mans arm, and fo put it to dry in the Sun : Aird when 
ihey will ufe it , they beat it with an hammer, and being well 
beaten they break it into little bits, which they put and keep 
in water forabout half an hour4n a Mttle pot, and fo fet it over 
a gentle fire, ftirring it continually till it become liquid , and 
taking heed of keeping it /rem boyling, which would utterly 
fpoilir. ^ zo.Tbat 
