Beafis of St. Jago. 5 
I 
{lead of Turnips, and is as much efteemed. An.i 6 <)^, 
The Papah-Tree is about 10 or 12 Foot 
high. The Body near the Ground may 
be a Foot and an half or 2 Foot Diameter ; 
and it grows up tapering to the top. It 
lias no Branches at all , but only large 
Leaves growing immediately upon Stalks 
from the Body. The Leaves are of a 
roundifb Form and jag’d about the Edges, 
having their Stalks or Stumps longer or 
fhorter as they grow near or further from 
the top. They begin to fpring from out 
of the Body of the Tree at about 6;or 7 
Foot heighth from the Ground, the Trunk 
being bare below: but above that the 
Leaves grow thicker and larger ftill to- 
wards its Top, where they arc clofe and 
broad. The Fruit grows only among the 
Leaves ; and thickeft among the thickeft 
of them ; infomuch that towards the top 
of the Tree the PapaPs fprings forth from 
its Body as thick as they can flick one by 
another. But then lower down^ where 
the Leaves are thinner, the Fruit is larger, 
and of the fize I haVe defer ib’d : And at 
the Top, where they are thick, they arc 
but fmall , and no bigger than ordinary 
Turnips ; yet tailed like the reft. 
Their chief Land-Animals are their 
Bullocks , which are faid to be many ; 
tho’ they askt us 20 Dollars apiece lor 
them : They have alfo Horfts, Affes, and 
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Mules 
