1 5 2 Nature of the Land in N. Holland. 
An. 1 ^ 9 . little black Eyes like Beans. I know not 
their Names, but have feen them iifed of- 
ten in the EaU- I ndies for weighing Gold ; 
and they make the fame ufe of them at 
Guinea.^ as I have heard, where the Wo- 
men alfo make Bracelets with them to 
wear about their Arms. Thefe ^row on 
Buflies: but here are alfo a Fruit like 
Beans growing on a creeping fort of Shrub- 
like Vine. There was great plenty of all 
thefe forts of Cod-fruit growing on the 
Sand-hills by the Sea-fide , fome of them 
green, fome ripe, and fome fallen on the 
Ground : but I could not perceive that any 
of them had been gathered by the Na- 
tives ; and might not probably be whole- 
fome Food. 
The Land farther in, that -is lower than 
what borders on tlie Sea, was, fo much as 
we faw of it, very plain and even ; part- 
ly Savannahs, and partly Woodland. The 
Savannahs bear a fort of thin courfe Grafs. 
The Mould is alfo a courfer Sand than 
that by the Sea-fide , and in fome places 
’tis Clay. Here are a great many Rocks 
in the large Savannah we were in, which 
are 5 or 6 Foot high , and round at top 
like a Hay-cock, very remarkable \ fome 
red , and fome white. The Woodland 
lies farther in ftill ; where there were di- 
vers forts of fmall Trees, fcarce any three 
Foot in circumference j their Bodies 1 2 or 
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