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Of Nuts. Part II. 
From the Kernel it felf, when frefh, and well ftamped, they 
prefs out a Milk, which they always mix and eat with 
their Rice-Meats. Of the Kernel dry'd (called Copra) and 
ftamped, they make Oil, both to eat, and to burn. Of 
the Leaves of the Tree ( called Olas) they make the Sails of 
their Ships : as alfo Covers for their Houfes and Tents 5 and 
Su'mmer-Hats. Of the Wood, they make Ships without 
# Nails 3 fewing the feveral parts together with the Cords 
00 Linfcho- made of the Husk of the Nut. (a) 
joh.de Laet. A fma11 ORBICULAR FRUIT, as it feems, of the 
Pifo, and ' Nut-kind, not bigger than a Phyfical Pill $ a little fiattifli 
othm. on t h at p art w hi cn grows to the Husk. Very hard. And 
(£)L2.c.3o. of a fhining colour, like that of red Coral. Defcribed (b) 
alfo by Clufiut : and neatly figur d in Calceolaria's Mu- 
(c)Sed. 5. fczum. (c) 
ANOTHER of the fame hardnefs, lhape, and bignefs 5 
but of a fhining black. 
ANOTHER hard and orbicular Fruit, by Caff. Bauhi- 
nus called Milium Indicum. For what reafon I fee not, it 
having no fimilitude thereto. That for which it is ob- 
fervable, is, that it looks as if it were artificially turn d 
upon a Lath. See a rude Figure hereof in J. Bauhinus. 
An Oval Stone or Shell, of the bignefs and fhape of a 
midling Olive. Given by Mr. Anth. Horneck. It feems 
doubtful, Whether of the Plum or Nut-kind. Tis all 
over fmooth, and of a fhining light bay, like that of a 
Mammee. Excepting only the Bafe which is of a dull 
colour, and ruged, and having two narrow fmooth Mar- 
gins like a pair of Lips, or an open mouth : from the cor- 
ners whereof runs a natural Notch round about the Stone 
or Shell. 
The YECOTL. The Fruit of a little Tree in New-Spain, 
which the Spaniards call Palmam Montenfem 5 and which 
I take to be all one with the Palmapnws, or the Palma Coni- 
fer a. 'Tis defcribed and figur d both by J. Bauhinus, and 
by Wormius. Who Reports out of Laet, That thefe kind 
of Nuts are always found empty, or without a Kernel. 
Which is a miftake 5 for this here hath one. Tis likely all 
that he faw ( and fo he fhould have faid ) were barren. 
The length of this, about two inches and half 5 the Dia- 
metre, one and k the Figure Oval. Smooth, and of 'a 
fhining 
