I. Mayo. SilhCotton. a i 
ing, they hale off to Sea, till they come a 1699 
little without the fwell; where they re- 
move the Salt into another Boat that car- 
ries it on board the Ship. Without fuch 
a Frape-hoat here is but bad Landing at any 
time ; for tho’ ’tis commonly very fmooth 
in the Road, yet there falls a great Sea on 
the Shore, fo that every Ship that comes 
here fhouldhave fuch a Boat, and bring, 
or make, or borrow one of other Ships 
that happen to be here ; for the Inhabi- 
tants have none. I have been thus parti- 
cular in the Defcription of thefe Frape-^ 
boats, becaufeofthe Ufethey may be of in 
any Places where a great Sea falls in upon 
the Shore ; as it doth efpecially in many 
open Roads in the EaU and WeH-Indks ; 
where they might therefore be very fer- 
viceable; but I never faw any of them 
there. 
The Ifland Mayo is generally barren, be- 
ing dry, as I faid ; and the beft of it 15 but 
a very indifferent Soil. The fandy Bank 
that pens in the Salt-pond hath a fort of 
Silk Cotton growing upon it, and a Plant 
that runs along upon the Ground, branch- 
ing out like a Vine, but with thick broad 
Leaves. The Silk-Cotton grows on ten- 
der Shrubs, 3 or 4 Foot high, in Cods as 
big as an Apple, but of a long fhape ; which 
when ripe open at one end, parting leifure- 
ly into 4 quarters •, and at the firft open- 
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