live upon the grafs under the fnow, and the Corallin-mofTe, call'd 
Mufcus Marinpfs, 
Wc have no Minerals, that we know ; only ftore of Brimftone , 
of which we fend ouc every year cwo Ships lading, 
I had almoft forgot to acquaint you with a very remarkable Ob- 
fervacion made in the Year 1642. on the 13^^ of Any,which is, that 
then all the Sea, which beats upon our Promontories, was for two 
dayes fo pellucid and finning, that fiiells and the leaft ftones could 
be feen at the bottom, where the Sea was forty fathoms deep ; in- 
fomuch that the faid objefts feem'd to be no further then three foot 
diftant from the fides of our Fifliermens boats, who,when they fa w 
it, were fo frighted at it,that they prefently came inland noifed this 
all over theCountry.lt began in the morning about 9 of the clock, 
and the whole witneffed by divers very honeft and credible nien. 
Divers Ruralani Oeconomicd lnc[uiries^ recommended to Obferva- 
tion and Tryal, 
i.¥ X 7Hether fuch Trees, as arc inoculated in February , are free 
VV from all Worms 5 both themfelres and their fruit : asis 
believed by many ? 
2. Whether it be true, that Cions taken off from young Trees, 
which neve^yet bloffom'd, benot good to engraft, and do never 
come to bear .<* 
3. Whether Gions of Fruit-trees grafted upon Forreft-trees 
will profper and bear/* Some curious perfons having afBrmed,that 
they havetr led Cionsof Apple-trees upon Elms,without ruccefs;yet 
others afTuring , that Quinces have been grafted jiipoon Willows, 
and Pears upon white Thorns, with very good ^^cc^i's. Where we 
take the liberty to fuggeft, that it would perhaps not be amifs, to 
obferve feme affinity in this kind of grafting, as to graft Cheftnut- 
CionsonOaks ;Some would have Cionsof Apples t-ryed on Oaks, 
and of Walnuts on Afli-trees, 
4. Whether any Trees will live, of which a part is unbarkcd 
round about f Someaffirming,that the Alder will thrive, not with- 
ftanding its being thus unbarked. 
5. Whether the often tranfplanting of Wild trees does really 
turn them into Garden-trees ? 
6. Whether it agrees with Experience what I^auremhergim af- 
firms,that Gilly-flowers tranfplantcd twice a year,Springand Har- 
veft, become the fuller and the more beauteous ? 
7 Whether Trees and Shrubs are to be tranfplanted from the Full 
ro [he New Moon,about Michaelmas ; but Herbs and Flowers, in 
the iacreafing Moon ; and all^ about Evenings 8. Whe- 
