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that Purpofe 3 fome they carry alive for Sale to Caro- 
lina, others they eat frefh, or fait and barrel up for 
keeping : Their Flefh is cafy of Digeftion, delicate, 
and well tailed.. It is remarkable, that the Fat in their 
Bellies imbibes the Colour of the Fruit they laft fed 
on. 
Anona maxima, foliis latis , fr tiffin luteo conoide , 
cortice glabro. The Fruit of this Tree is eatable, 
and is the Food of Guanas , and many other wild 
Creatures. 
6y. Lacertus viridis Carolinenjis. The green 
Lizard of Carolina. Thefe Creatures are quite 
harmlefs, and lufFer’d to go about the Houfes: They 
will from green, by Cold, change to brown. 
Liquid-ambari arbor , feu Styraciflua, Keens folio, 
fruffiu tribuloide , i. e. pericarpto orbicular i ex quam- 
plurimis apicibus coagmentato , femen recondente . 
Pluk. Aim. Bot./. 224. Phytogr. fab . 42 .f 6. The 
fweet Gum-tree . The Wood is good Timber for 
Wainfcoating and Joiners Work 5 the Bark is ufed for 
covering Houfes: From the Bark and Wood diftils a 
fragrant Gum, fcarce to be diftinguifh’d from the 
Balfam of Tolu. 
66. Lacertus <viridis Jamaicenfs. The green 
famaica Lizard . The Pouch under the Throat 
doth not look red, but when the Creature inflates it 
through Fear or Anger. 
Lignum Campechianum ; Species qusedam Brafil. 
Joh. deLaet, Sloane Hill. Jam. Vol. II./. 183. Log- 
wood . Three of thefe Trees grew in the Ifland of 
5 Vr evidence , in three Years, to be (from the Seed) 14 
Feet high, and their Trunks feven or eight Inches 
thick. From this quick Growth of this ufeful Tree, 
which 
