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6. To inquire, Whether the great quantity of Yellow Amber, 
which is fold at Cairo , be by reafon that it is the Cum of a certain 
Tree growing in iAsgypt,i)x ^Ethiopia, as Bellonius after Diodorus 
Siculus affirms < And whether , befldes feveral Animals that are 
found inclofed in that Amber, there is very frequently fome part of 
the Bark of a T ree found flicking to it ? 
y, To inquire of a certainTree, growing not far from Cairo 2 
which bears a Fruit fluffed with Wooll,that is finer than Silk y of 
which the Arabs make Linnenthat isfofter than Silk, and whiter 
than Cotton? 
8. Whether Crocodiles, that are found to be fometimes Thirty 
foot long, are hatched of an Egge^ no bigger than a T urkeys < 
9. Whether th t ichneumon, or Egyptian Water-Rat can kill 
a Crocodile, by skipping into his Mouth, and gnawing his way out, as 
Old Writers affirm ? 
10. Whether it be true. That the Arabs’ can Charm the Cro- 
codiles 5 or, Whether there be on the Nile’s fide any Talifmans , or 
Conftellated Figures, beyond which the Crocodiles cannot pafs, as 
fome would make us believe f 
1 1. To inquire at Cairo for feveral Drogues, which are common 
there, and much in ufe, yet not brought into Europe, as Act- 
da, Calamus odor at vs, Amomum , Coflus, Ben Album, and di- 
vers fuch others,. 
1 2. Whether the Female Falm-Y ree he not fruitful , unlefs fhd 
grow by the Male, as fome would bear us in hand ? 
13. To inquire. Whether the Appearance of the Leggs and 
Arms of Men, related to ftand out of theground,to agreatnnm-' 
. ber, at a place five Miles from Cairo, on Cook- Friday, do ftill conti- 
nue i And how that Impoflure is performed k •. 
1 44 Whether Children born there in the Eighth Month, dc 
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