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■stiuch Matter, and this they find very Effectual for Paitis in the Eyes, Head■ Arm , or Leg.

8. They do likewise Beat the Juice out ofit, which they Drink for Parg-4 ng: which they do frequently with Good Succesi, and to Prevent Excoria-■tion of the Throat, they Drink a little Melteel Irefh Butter ,

9. Anna George, whocontinued in the State of Virginity till the 51 Tearofher Age (as is evident by her Declaration on her Deaih-Bed) Married and.brought forth a Boy in the 52 Tear of her Age, having 2 Teetb in his Head.

10. Another Woman in Lentis , was 7 Tars bringing forth a Child,Bene , aster Bone, and all by the Fundament.

x 1. A Boy, in the Isle of Skie, Aged 16 Tears, has a faculty of Erect-ing his Ears at his Pleafure. There are sevcral Towns in Skie, where theSbeep have no Marrow all these Towns are Rocky, Higb , and ver yWindy.

f 2. The Inhabitants of St. Kihla, are every Summer Infected with aCough upon the Cbamberlans Landing, which lasts for 10 or 12 Days, and the. ufiial Remedy for it is Giben Drunk upon Brochan of Meal and Water.This Giben is the Eat of Sea-Yowlcs Preserved in the Stortiach; a SovereignRemedy for Cough s and Green -Wounds.

scvtr.ii Tb'w&t IX. That there is a sort of Alliance between Ireland and the IVest-Indies,co Irel> >d wV ' appears in leveras things, of which they partake both m Common. For as»i/wcii-indics; they on the Coast of New England and the Island Bermudas gather conside-nr. Tho. Mo-rabie Quantities of Ambergrieste-, lb on the Western Coast of Ireland, along^neux. 117. t j ie (^ ounncs of Sligo, Majo, Ktrry and the lfles of Arran, they srequentlymeet with large Parcels of that Precious Substance, lb highly valued for itsPerfume. In the Tear 1691. Mr. Constantine, an Apothtcary of Dublin ,Ihewed me one piece of Ambergrieft found near Sligo , that weighed 52 Oun-ces. On the outside ^twas of a dose Compact Substance, Blackisli and lhin-ing like Pitcb: But when it was cut the inside was more Porous, and some-thing of a Teüewist Colour ; not so Grey, Close and Smooth as the Cleanestand Best fort of Amber, but like it speckled with Whitisti Grains, and of amoli fragrant Scent. I have stili a piece of it by me, that weighs above 6Drams, with scveral simples of 3 or 4 other sorts of Amber, ali found on thatCoast of Ireland \ forne entirely Black as Pitch, others of a perfect WhiteSubstance, exactly anfwering the Deseri ption of that sort of Amber , OlatisWormius mentions in his Mujaum, under the Name of Ambne Grisea non-* 34 dum matura.

Nor is the Kind of Wbak-Ftst, thai’s osten taken in New- England, andaffords the true Sperma Ceti, a Strängen to the Coast of Ireland that refpectsAmerica. This we may properly, I think, with Dr. Cbarleton call the Ce-tus Dentatus, from its large, Solid, White Teeth, fixt on!y in the LowerJan>, toDistinguifh it from that Species that gives the Whale-Bone, most na-turali y named, by Aristotle, Myfticetus, from its Bearded, Horny Lamina inHiß. lAntmil. t ^ e \{ ob jt 0 f j ts jlloutb: of which Kind likewisc there have been 3 or 4.

slranded in my time, but on the Eastern Coast of this Country that regardsEngland.

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