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cover d all over with Liguous Fibers , fo extream clofely 
woven together, that it looks as if it were all Wood. 
Some of the greater run diredlly from the Stalk to the 
Flower or top. So great a difference there is betwixt thefe 
Indians Stones,and thofe of our Euro-paean Fruits,which have 
very few/and mod not above two or three on the outfidc. 
The STONE of the Brafilian Fruit called AND A. Wor- 
mius hath given hereof but a bad Figure : but deferibes it 
better. Yet with a miftaken Title, as if it were the entire 
Fruit. Tis a very hard and great Stone, as big as a mid- 
ling Bell-Peare, but a little compreffed: broad at the Bafe,and 
fharp pointed, with fome refemblance to a Heart. The 
Tides of the Shell of a wonderful thickncfs. Penetrated to 
the Kernel with three great holes. 
Amongft many obfervable Inftances of the Contrivances 
Nature makes for the growth of the Seed, in whatfoever 
Cover (a) it be included 3 this Stone is one. For being M See the 
fo extraordinary hard and thick 5 it were impoflibfe the 
Kernel within it (which is alfo great) fhoukl be fupplyed rimi - c - '■ 
with Aer and Sap fufficient for its growth 5 were not thofe & uk ‘ 
three great holes made on purpofe, for a plentiful admifhon 
of both. 
And as great an inftance it is of the feemingly wonder¬ 
ful force of the Radicle , or that fmall and tender part of 
the Kernel,which becomes the Root of the Plant 5 by which, 
chiefly, the fides ot the Stone,thofe thick Walls,are made to 
cleave afunder to make way for its defeent into the ground 
But Time feems to do the fame thing here, as Celerity doth 
in the St at era ; where a final! Weight fet at a greater 
diftance from the Centre of gravity, will ballance a big¬ 
ger t rat s nearer: becaufe, what it wants m bigtiefs, is made 
up by the Celerity of its motion. So the Radicle of a Ker¬ 
nel, haying though a flow motion, yet fome, and that 
continu d, it is able in time to mafter a fturdy Body which 
hath no contrary motion at all, but is at reft. 
One 01 two of the Kernels, which arc as big as Dama- 
jcene-Plums, both Purge, and fometimes Vomit. If taken 
raw, they work roughly: but boyl’d and preferv’d with 
Sugar, may be given to Children, (b) ( b) viCo. 
Another POYNTED-STONE. A very great one: three 
inches and a long, an inch and i over, one way 3 another 
near 
