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and about as broad. It confifteth of twilled Thread.\ as 
thick as fmall Packthred ; made of the Barque of the Coco- 
Tree , and of the Rind of the Nut. Not Netted; nor 
Woven with Warp and Woofe 3 but after the manner of 
Bobbin-Work. At both ends, the Weft gather’d up into 
feveral fmall Ropes, and thofe at laft into greater: by 
which it is commonly fatten’d to two Trees fome yards 
aboveground. Thus fitted, the people in fome parts-of 
the Indies, lie down in them, and fo bleep fecure from Ser¬ 
pents and wild Beafts. 
A Pattern of the STUFF made by the Planters in New- 
England: the Tarn whereof theyDeyof a kind of Phi lea- 
mot, with a Decoction of the Barque of the Butter-Nut- 
Tree (defcnbed in the Second Part) without Alum, Coppe¬ 
ras, or any thing elfe to Jirike the Colour. 
A fort of LEATHER, as thin as that of a Kid. Of which 
it is affirm’d, That it will keep out water better than the 
beft Neats Leather. And I have been told, That it hath 
been us’d in the French- Camps, fpread upon the ground, 
for Reding. It feems to be made, by being throughly 
foaked in a mixture of Oil and Bees-Wax. 
A CUP Turn’d out of Safafras Wood. 
A Little BOX Turn’d out of a Nutjhell. 
A JAPAN Wooden CUP: cover’d with a RedVarnijh 
within, and with vellowifh Flowers without, upon a Black 
Ground. 
An INDIAN-PAIL. Made of the Barque of Birch-Tree. 
Square at the bottom, and thence riling up into a Conick 
Form. So ingenioully contriv’d, that the Sides and Bottom 
are all made out of one fingle piece of Barque. 
An INDIAN DISH or Potager. Made alfo of the 
Barque of a Tree, with the Sides and Rim fewed together 
after the manner of Twiggen-Work, 
Another DISH,cut out of Wood,as Hollow Ware commonly 
is here in England. 
A RUSH-BASKET. The Rujhes are partly of their Na¬ 
tive colour, and partly deyed with a redilh and brown 
Tawny. Very prettily woven together by the Indian Wo¬ 
men, in ftnped and indented Work. And alfo very oddly: 
for it feems to have a double Woofe, one on each fide the 
Warp ; the Rujhes running on the out-fide, one way; on 
the in-fide the contrary. A 
