(joo) 
Ifland hath been twice deferted for \vant of rain to plant in. 
At the Point of Jamaica, where ever you dig five or fix foot, 
water will appear, which ebbs sod flows, as the Tyde* It is not 
fait, but b ackifli ; unwhclfome for men, but wholfome for 
Hogs. At the Caymans there is no water, but what is brackifh 
alfo ; yet is chat wholfome for men, infomuch that many are 
recovered there, by feeding on Tortoifes, and yet drink no 
other water. 
The Bloud of Tortoifes is colder, than any water, I ever felt 
there 5 yet is the beating of their Heart as vigorous, as that 
of any Animal (as far asl have obferved.; And their Arte* 
ries are as firm as any Creatures I kno w: Which feems to lhew. 
It is not heat that hardens the coats of the Arteries, or gives 
motion to the Heart. Their Lungs lye in their belly below the 
Diaphragme, extending to the end of their Shell.Their Spleen 
is Triangular, and of a firm flefh ( no Parenchyma) and flo- 
ridly red* Their Liver is of a dark green, inclining to black, 
and Parenchymatous. In the Oefophagtts are a fort of Teeth, 
with which they chew the grafs, they eat in the Meadows, 
which there grow at the bottom of the Sea. 
All the Tortoifes , from the Caribes to the Bay of Mexico and 
Honduras, repair in Summer to the Cayman JJlands , to lay their 
Eggs and to hatch there. They coot for fourteen daies toge- 
ther, then lay in one night fome three hundred Eggs, with 
white and yolk, but no fhells : then they coot again, and lay in 
the fand, and fo thrice. Then the Male is reduced to a kind of 
gelly within, and blind, and is fo carried home by the Female. 
Their fat is green, but not offenfive to the ftomack, though 
you eat it as broath, ftew’d. Your Urine looks of a yellowifh 
green, and oily, after eating it. 
There is no manner of Earth, but Sand, at the Pom 3 yet I 
have eaten admirable Melons , Musk-* and Water-melons, that 
have grown there. A great many trees alfo grow there, efpe- 
cially Mangranes, and Prickle-pears* In other parts it is ordina- 
ry to ride through woods, that are full of very large Timber, 
and yet have nothing of eartb,only firm Rock, to grow in. 
In fome ground,that is full of Salt-peter, your Tobacco, that 
grows wild,fla(heth as it is fmoaked; 
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