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A Defcripion of the Coafts of 
rOV^, The T jad.(ione is found in the Head of 
Baldaus, a certain kind of Toads of the bignefs 
'^--v-^w of a good Bean, of various Colours, but 
To«d- niofl; encliningto a green, fraooth and 
fliiningon theoutfide, which is bony, but 
the inlide of a ftony Subftance : They 
are reputed an excellent Remedy againft 
the Stone in the Kidneys, Poifonand In- 
firmity of the Stomach. To get this 
Stone, they take a very old Toad, put it 
in a Vcflel full of Holes, and fo bury it in 
a Dunghil near a Pifmires Neit, till the 
Pifmires have confumed the whole Sub- 
ftance of the Toad, except the Stone. 
They try the Goodnefs of this Stone, by 
laying it before a Tortoife, which if it 
is ready to fwallow it, it is accounted a 
true Stone. 
Beroar- Of the Bezoar-Jloyie fomething has been 
ftone. fgjfj before in the Dcfcription of Canamr^ 
being accounted a great Antidote, but 
cfteemed much more iu former times than 
of late Years. The Bezoar-Stone is 
found in the Stomach of certain Goats 
in Perfiay and the IQe of Borneo called 
Paz^an. It is of a very folid ruddy Sub- 
ftance, growing in different Partitions, 
Jike our Onions, which are eafily difcern- 
able when the Stone is broken : They are 
of divers Colours, fome inclining to an 
Olive-Colour, others to a dark green, 
fome round, fome of an oval Figure; 
the fmootheft and largeft are accounted 
the beft. They are alfo found in the Ifle, 
calhd llha de racai^ i.e. Cow-l/land, a- 
bout 6 Leagues from Jafmpatnam^ bat in 
no great Quantities ; for 1 remember that 
.Mr. Anthony Pavilion told me, that out 
of 70 or 80 Goats, which he ordered to 
be killed, tie had but a few Stones, and 
thefe but indifferent ones and very brit- 
tle. The Malayans try this Stone thus ; 
{hey rub it five or fix times with Mor- 
tar, and if it changes the Mortar into a 
yellow Colour, it is accounted true. 
Thofe of Banda tell us, that they find the 
Bczoar-ftone in the Heads of certain 
Aprs. The Indians and Cbinefcs mix it 
with Rofe-water, and ufc it againft Por- 
fon, melancholy Humours, and Quartan 
Agues. They alfo make ufe of it as a 
Prefervative ; for they purge twice a 
year, viz.. in March and September, and for 
five days after take from 10 to 30 Grains 
of Bezoar in Rofe-water. They fell this 
Stone by weight-, one of 300, 250, 150, 
or 1 40 Carats^ is accounted equivalent to 
three times the weight in Gold each 
Cayat reckoa'd at ' 8 Dutch Stivers. One 
of too, ()o or ^oCarats, to i 4 the quan- 
tity of Gold, or at 6 Slivers the Carat. 
One of 70, 60, 50, or 40 Carats^ to 1 - 
of Gold, or at 4 Stivers the C(3m. The 
lelTer ones in proportion of »- of Gold, 
or 2 I Stivers the Carat. 
There are Oriental and Occidental orkuui 
Bezoar-ftones j thofe of the Eaft, efpe- Ocd- 
ciallf of Perfa, much exceed thofe of the ^^fffaiBct 
IVeft'Jndies. Arabia, Malabar, Japan, 
and China produce thefe Stones, and the 
Mountains of Peru in the lVe[i -Indies. 
The Per/ians call thh Stom Belz.oar, i.e. 
the Lord of Poifon ; and the Arabians, Hd- 
giar Corrahone, Formerly it us'd to be 
fold in Holland at the rate of 8 Guilders 
perOmcQ. If the outward Rind or Skin 
be taken off, the next appears fmoother 
and brighter than the firlt. The Bezoar- 
ftone has no Pit, but a Concavity contain- 
ing a certain mealy Subftance, the Vir- 
tue whereof is faid to excel the Stone it 
felf. Thofe taken out of the Goats liv- 
ing in the Mountains, are accounted bet- 
ter than of thofe feeding in the Valleys. 
Thefe Stones are found in certain Bags of 
a hairy Subftance, growing within the 
Concavity of the Stomach, of a Span 
in length, wherein the Stones lie in a rovr 
like Buttons 00 a Waftcoat, as a certain 
Portuguese tells us. They have alfo ano- 
ther way of trying the goodnefs of this 
Sco-ne : They take a Needle with a Thrcd, 
and having dip'd the fame in the Juice of 
a venomous Herb call'd Balleftrs, they 
draw the Needle and Thred thro the Leg 
of a Dog or fome other living Creature, 
leaving the Thred in the Wound till the 
Dog faints aviray. This done, they give 
him a certain quantity of Bez.oar Poudcr^ 
which if it recovers him, the Bezoar is 
good •, if not, it is look'd upon as adul- 
terated. Of feveral other Trials we have 
fpoken in the Defcription of Cananor. 
Among thofe Commodities which are ^* Indi- 
tranfported from Mafulipatan, the Indigo S"- 
being none of the leaft, it will be requi- 
fite we Ihould fay fomething alfo of this 
precious Merchandize. The Indigo is of 
different kinds, and grows in divers Pla- 
ces: The broad Indigo grows about two 
Leagues from Amadabath the Capital City 
of Gujuratte, efpecially in the Village of 
Circhees, from whence that kind of Indigo 
has got its Name, The Indigo is a Shrub 
growing up to a Man's heigjit, with fmall 
hard Twigs like the Blackberry-Trees : 
Its BlofTom rcfemblcs that of the Briars, 
and the Seed that of the Faenum Gracum, 
call'd Dufenegre by the French. They fow 
it in June aind July, and cut it in Novem' 
ber and December. 
The Indigo of Chircbees grows three i"digo of 
years fucceffiTcly after its firft Sowing, ^^^'fchces. 
The firft Yetr ihey cut Iht Leaves about 
