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cover'd all over with Liguous Fibers, fo extream clofely 
woven together, that it looks as if it were all Woo A 
Some of the greater run directly from the Stalk to the 
Flower or top. So great a difference there is betwixt thefe 
Indians Stones,and thofe of our European Fruits^which have 
very few,and mod not above two or three on the outfide. 
The STONE of the Brafilian Fruit called AND A. Wor- 
mius hath given hereof but a bad Figure : but defcribes it 
better. Yet with a miftaken Title, as if it were the entire 
Fruit. 'Tis a very hard and great Stone, as big as a mid- 
ling Bell-Peare,but 2l little compreffed : broad at the Bafe,and 
{harp pointed, with fome refemblance to a Heart. The 
fides of the Shell of a wonderful thicknefs. Penetrated to 
the Kernel with three great holes. 
Amongft many obfervable Inftances of the Contrivances 
Nature makes for the growth of the Seed, in whatfoever 
Cover (a) it be included 3 this Stone is one. For being ^hors^ 
fo extraordinary hard and thick 3 it were impollible the Book of 
Kernel within it ( which is alfo great ) fhould be fupplyed ™£? c> Ie 
with Aer and Sap fufficient for its growth 3 were not thofe 
three great holes made on purpofe, for a plentiful admiflion 
of both. 
And as great an inftance it is of the feemingly wonder- 
ful force of the Radicle, or that fmall and tender part of 
the Kernel,which becomes the Root of the Plant 3 by which 5 
chiefly, the fides of the Stone,thofe thick Walls,are made to 
cleave afunder to make.way for its defcent into the ground. 
But Time feems to do the fame thing here, as Celerity doth 
in the St at era 3 where a fmall Weight fet at a greater 
diftance from the Centre of gravity, will ballance a big- 
ger that's nearer : becaufe, what it wants in bignefs, is made 
up by the Celerity of its motion. So the Radicle of a Ker- 
nel, having though a flow motion , yet fome, and that 
continued, it is able in time to mailer a fturdy Body which 
hath no contrary motion at all, but is at redo 
One or two of the Kernels, which are as big as Dama- 
•fcene-Plums, both Purge, and fometimes Vomit. If taken 
raw, they work roughly : but boyfd and preferv'd with 
Sugar, may be given to Children, (b) , (*;Pifo. 
Another POYNTED-STONE. A very great one : three 
inches and 1 long, an inch and ^ over, one way 5 another 
neat 
