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romez, Barometz, or Baranetz. It is the Root of a 
Plant much like Fern that grows in Mufcovy. It 
is faid that the Nature of it is fuch, that it will 
fnffer no Plant whatever to thrive near it. Its Root 
is covered by a fort of Down refembling Wool, 
and there are Shoots, or Fibres, which ferve well 
enough to reprefent the Legs and Horns of the ve¬ 
getable Animal. A very little Help of the Imagi¬ 
nation makes it altogether a tolerable Lamb. Many 
ftrange Qualities have been given to this Production, 
and as ftrange Stories told of it •, fome having given 
it a Skin like a real Lamb, but of a much fuperior 
Value; others have faid that Wolves delighted to 
feed on it, befides many more Fictions too tedious to 
take notice of here ; inLmuch that many were incli¬ 
ned to believe there was no fuch Thing in Nature. 
There are many Specimens of the various Kinds 
of the Apocynum, or Silk Grafs, common in the 
Eaftt and Weft Indies , where they apply it to many 
Ufes. The different Kinds of Cotton are hrre to 
be feen as it grows in the Indies , fome of it burfting 
from the Pod. 
A great Number and Variety of Calabafhes, of 
which the Indians cf America make many of their 
houfehold Utenfils ; fome Sea Coccoons and Sope 
Berries. Thefe laft are the Fruit of a Tree growing 
in fome of the Weft India Iflands, and Africa, the 
Pulp of which has all the Qualities cf Sope. 
Echino Melocalios , by Linnaeus calleu Callus , the 
Turkilh Cap, or Thiftly Melon. There are many 
Kinds of this Plant, which is extremely curious; 
they commonly grow on the fteep Sides of Rocks 
in the war me ft Parts of America , their Root fhooting 
deep into the Fi flu res of the Rock, requiring very 
little Earth to nourifh them. Several Sorts of Spi¬ 
ces and Drugs, &V. as Cloves 5 which are the Fruit 
