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osif, and Reduc’d ittoa Salve, with Wax and Butter : Its Effect was, thatit HeaVd too Suddenly, So that I durst not adventure to usc it in any DeepWound : but for Superficial Sears, it hath a very sudden Operation. Ifind this Herb to be Asthoddus Lancastria Verus of Jobnfion , or the Lanca-ß)ire Asthodtll.

1 cannot omit toaddhere, that 'tis very Ordinary to find Molucca Beanson theShore of the Lewes or other our Western Istes. They are found fastto the Stalks , which the Common People suppos’d to be Sea-Tangles, andLaughed at me, when I said they were Land-Beans : VVhich made mewrite to the Eatl of Seaforth , whilsthe liv’d in the Leives , that I suppos’d,thesc apparent Fangles were the Ham of the Beans, which by long lyingin the Sca, might acquire that Likenefs : His Lordfhip examin’d the Mat-ter, and found it so. And hc likewisc sent to me a piece of a Cabbage-Tree,that was found on that Shore. It is observable that the Kernel of thescNuts will be Freß) and Sound : and the People make Boxes for Snuff of theBeanHusk. Now, considering the Scituation of thesc Istes with refpect toany Place where the Alolucco-BeansGrovt, let the Obscrvers of Tides con-fidet, what Reciprocations must be Imagin’d to adjust the Eafiern and WesternConstant Currents of the Main, with the Wafting of thesc Beans on Placesthat lie so far out of the Road of any of the Direfl Tides. And if theyGrow only about the Molucco Istes, or on No Place on this side the Equatorit wculd scem more Probable, that they came by the Northern Faffage,than any other way. Andtheir Freßmeß in the Ktrnel scems rathertohavebeen kept in aCold Conscrvatory, than in the Warm Baths of the otherProgress.

VI. I have scveral times Heard of Strange Beans thrown up by the Seaßiole o n the Ork- on the Ist ands, on the Nortb-Wcst parts of Scotland, especially those of them,H?s/o»n b n w ^o arc m0 ^ expos’d to the Waves of the Great Ocean-, they are thrown upp. ij«. ’** ' pretty frequently tin great Numbers, and are nootherwisc tegarded than asthey scrve to make Snuff-Boxei. Dr. Geo. Garden hath lately scnt me 4 Sortsol them veryFrestt and Little Injuf’d by the Sca.

The First is what is call’d at Jamatca commonly Cococns ; by me, Pha-seolus Maximus Perennis , Folio Decomposito Lobo Maximo Contorto. Itgrowsin Both the Hot East and West-Indies. This, I am toJd, is also castup on the Coast of Kerrj in Ireland.

The Second Sort is what in stamaica^ we call commonly the Hurfc-Eje-Btan. from its Rcscmblancc to the Eye of that Bcast, by means of a Hilus,or Welt, almost surrounding ir. This likewisc is common to the Hot Partsof the E äst and Weß-Indies.

The Third Kind is that which in Jamaica is call’d Aß-Coloured Nickar,from its bring perfectly Round and very like a Nickar, such as Boys use toPlay withall. This is likewisc Common to the Hot Parts of the East andWest-Indies.

The Four'h Sort of thesc Beans I never scw Grow, but I have scen scve-ral of them in Colleclions of Rare Fruits. It is the Frullus Exot. Orbicularis

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