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tough Withs at proper Dlftances, like the Steps of a. 
Ladder, always Hieing off the Bark, as far as they can 
reach, before they fix a new Step, and thus mount to 
the Top, the Indian below gathering what the other 
cuts : This they do by Turns, and go from Tree to 
Tree, until their Bag is full, which, when they have 
plenty of Trees, is generally a Day's Work for one 
Indian. As much Care as poffible muft be taken that 
the Bark is not cut wet 5 fhould it fo happen, it is to 
be carried diredtly down to the low Country to dry 5 
for otherwife it lofes its Colour, turns black, and rots 5 
and if it lie any Time in the Hut without being fpread, 
it runs the fame Rifque : So that while the Indians 
are cutting, the Mules (if the Weather permits) ought 
to be carrying it down to the Place appointed for dry- 
ing it, which is done by fpreading it in the open 
Air, and frequently turning it. 
Mr. Arrot had the Curiofity to fend above yo $e- 
roons from the Woods to the City of Loxa y where he 
put it into a large openHoufe, and dried it under Co- 
ver, never expofing it either to. the Sun or Night Air, 
imagining that the Sun exhaled a great many of its 
fine Parts, and that the Night Air, or Serene , was very 
noxious to it; but he found the Colour of the Bark 
thus cured, not near fo bright and lively as that dried 
in the open Air. He is of Opinion, that a very fhort 
Time will put an End to this beft Sort, or, at leaft^it 
will be extremely hard to be got, by reafon of its Di- 
ftance from any inhabited Place, the Impenetrability: 
of the Woods where it grows, and the Scarcity of the 
Indians to cut it, who, by the Spaniards hard Ufage 
and Cruelty, are daily diminilhing fo faft, that in a very 
