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tifcum; by others , a fort of Terebinth, bat of a nobler rank, bv 
vertue of that Climat : which makes the Author fugoeft that 
care ihould be taken to have it brought into Europe, and carefully 
cultivated there. 7. plmbarb ■ of which he obferyes, that be- 
caufethe vertue of its Roots, if they be expofed to dryha'flilv 
foon evaporats ; therefore the .skilfi.ll, lay them upon a Table 
W '?fi n d u° r r 5 thcm federal times a day, - to incorporate 
and fixthejuyee the better, and then firing them and exnofe 
them to the Wind, in a fliade, altogether tree from the Sim! 
beams 8. Vine Trees ; of which he faith fomearefo big, that 
eight Men can hardly Fathom them. 9. Canes, fo big, that they 
can make as many Barrels of them , as they have internodes of 
joynts. 10. Trees, fweatmg a Gum, call'd Cie, like the drop, 
pings of Turpentine 5 which Gum, as long as tis not dryed, emits 
a very unwholfome and dangerous fleam. Topafle by the Polo. 
Tree, producing fruit without any blofToms, immediately out 
ot Its Trunk, as big as one man can well carry ; and that kind of 
Ftg-Treejhzx. bears Leaves as big as to wrap up a man in, {3 c. 
7. Animals , Here he difeourfeth of the Mud Dear, and the 
ieveral Compofinons of Mus\ : the Sea-Horfe , and Wild Men- 
Oiiome Birds , no where feen but in China{ as bethinks) and a- 
mong them a mel-bearinp Hln ; Of Fifhes, in Summer Hying out 
of the Sea 3 feeking their food, like Birds^nd in Autumn returning 
to the Sea : particularly of a Fiffi of a very exquifite tafte. called 
Hoaneioyu, , or, the Croceous Fifh : Further, of Sea-Cows, going of- 
ten am ore, and fighting with the Land-Corns : Of Bats," of a vaft 
bignefs, eaten by the Cbinefe as a delicious meat : Of the Serpent 
that breeds the Antidotal front ; whereof he relates many experi- 
mentSjto verifie the relations of its vertue: Which may invite the 
Curator otxhe Royal Society, to make the like tryal,there being fuch 
a ftone in their Repofitory , fent them from the Eafi Indies. Again 
oh Silkworms, fpinning twice a year, and yielding a double Crop* 
8. Foffils, where occurs the feiatipn, 1. /Of an odd Spec filar ' 
ftone, reprefentmg the figure of the Moon in all her Appearan- 
ces, when expofed to Her. 2. Of an Earth called <te',very Cof- 
metick, and abfterfive of all blemifhes of the face. 3. A Mineral 
cerujfe, blended of Lead and Antimony. 4. Of Asheftm, that can 
be drawn and fpun 5 the way of which he affirms to have deferi- 
bed L 12. Mundi fui fubterranei. y. The Matter that makes PorceU 
lan, which he affirms to be nothing elfe but a tranfparent Sand, 
which 
