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Of Plants. 
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of a pale yellowifh colour. Full of great Aer-Vejfels. 
And alfo very bitter, as the former. 
They grow in divers places of the Eaft-Indies , as in 
Seylon , istc. And have their Name from one of their efpe- 
ciah Ufes, being an excellent Remedy (a) againft the (a) Linfch. 
Bitings of Vipers and other venemous Serpents. They are 1- I,c- 75 - 
alfo,faith Bontius , given in India againft Intermittent Fevers. 
From whence, and their bitter Taft, one may guefs, That 
they are either of kin to the Tree whereof the PuIvm Pa- 
trum ; or might give occafion, to fomc who have been in 
both the Indies , to find out the Virtue of it. 
The WOOD of a Tree of Angola , there call'd Tacufa. 
Tis very folid and ponderous, like that of the Lignum 
vita, and with a blackifh grain. 
Another fort of Angola-Wood by the Inhabitants called 
CHICENGO. ’Tis fomewhat hard and ponderous, and of 
the colour of Spanijh-Oak. Being power’d, it hath a bit- 
terifh Taft. Both thefe Woods, may be of the like ufe with 
the former. 
Part of the Trunk of a young MOUNTAIN CAB- 
BIGE. Sent from Jamaica by Mr. Sam. Moody to the 
Author. Now it is dry and ilirunk in, not above a foot 
and I in compafs. Confifteth of a great number of very 
thin fibrous Rings or Tubes one within another, now, by 
the fhrinking up of the pithy parts, diftinct. 
’Tis faid by Mr. Stubs (b) who lived for fome time in . 
Jamaica , where this Tree grows, That it is one fort of 
Palm-Tree. It grows alfo in Barbados : where, as it was 
confidently reported to the fame Perfon, there was one 
about three hundred feet high, i. e. about thirty yards 
higher than the great Tioriikisam Pillar in this City called 
The Monument. The young tender Sprouts of one year, 
are eaten both boyl’d and raw, and are both ways excellent 
good meat. 
The BARQUE of a kind of Pine-Tree in Nova Scotia. 
Hereupon grow up and down many Knots, about the 
bignefs of a Horje-Bean, hollow, and filled with a liquid, 
clear, and fragrant Turpentine ; which, as it drops, the 
Natives gather and ufe as the Balforn of Peru. 
A natural KNOT of Wood of an Oval Figure, and 
as big almoft as a Turfeys-Egg: the fibers whereof are 
prettily 
