(4*9) 
20. Whether thofe Shell- fifths , that are in thefe parts* plump 
and in feafon at the Full Moon , and lean and out of feafon at 
th eNeWi are found to have contrary Conftitutions in the Eafl- 
M dks ? 
3 r 6 Whether the Animal , that yields the true Mush , belike 
a Bear , hornlefs , found in the High-Countrey between Pegu 
and China < And whether the Muske grows inBaggs > Blifters , 
or Swellings, which the Beaft rubs off againft Trees*, it being 
affirmed to have been found in the Woods by the Scent ? 
Whether true Muske , is difcemed from falfe byitsyellownefs, 
when rubb’d upon ones hand , and by its keeping that Colour and 
the Scent ? 
32. Whether there be two forts of Gum-lack , one produced by 
anlnfedi, a certain winged Ant 5 the other, the Exfudation of a 
Tree? 
33. To inquire after the Fifh call’d CahalU , faid to be very 
powerful in ftanching of blood i 
34. Whether about $ava there be Oyfters , or oth^r Shell- 
fillies , of that vaft bignefs, as to weigh 300. pounds ? 
35. Whether in Malacca there grows fometimes a ftone in 
the ftomack of a kind of Porcufine , call’d Pedro Porco , efteemed 
for its Cordial Vertue above Bezoar ? 
3 6. Whether there be found in the head of a certain Snake, a 
Stone, which laid upon a wound of any Venemous Creature , flicks 
faft to it , and draws away all the poyfon 5 then being put in Milk, 
voids its poifon , and turns the Milk blew 5 and then applied again, 
draws out the reft of the poifon, that may be behind, till the wound 
be perfectly cleanfed ? 
37. Whether the Rhinoceros have fuch an Antipathy againft 
Elephants , as is commonly related ? 
38. Whether inthelfland of St. Helena^ the Tide be at the 
fame time round in thefeveral Coafts of it $ and what is the hour 
of Full Sea , and what the age of the Moon at the time of Obfer- 
vation ? 
