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Vosßut upon femptnlm Mela, 8» also Mtjpmtu d* Mannn ; but aKo from StS - utheR«»? in rbe lndin\ «here being certainTree» which Aurali the Rain, soas that if you Destroy the Woods, you Abate or Destroy tbe Rain?. SoHarMoes bath not npw half the Rains, it hd, when more Wooded, Irij famate» iikewife at Guanaloa tbey bave Diminsbt the Ruina aa they exrtudtheir Plantations, But sto returnto Jamaioa) that this NtghtWtnd Deptndsmuch upon the Mountams , appears by this, that its Force extends to an equa!Distance from the Mountain, so that at Portmorant, which is the EafiermofiPart ofthe lüand, there is little of Land-brise, becausc the Mcuntain is Re-mote from thence, and the Breefe spends it’s Force along the Land thither. IIhall further Illustrate this kind of Attractiori. In the Harbour of Jamaicathere Grow many Rocks, shaped like Buch and Stags Horns: there growalso severa! SeaPlants, whose Roots are Stony. Of thde Störte Trecs fis 1 maytermthem so) some are Insipid, but others pcrscctly Nitrous. Upon thole,other Pianti with Petrified Roots, there gathers a Ltme-Stone, which Fixesnot upon other Sea-Fans Growing by them; It is Obscrvable also, that aMonchmel-Apple, falling imo the 6 ea, and lying in the Water, willcontract'a Lanugo of Salt-Petre.

It is commonly Affirm’dthat the Seastns of the Tear, betwlxt the Tropicks,are divided by the Rains and Fair-Weather , and 6 Mcntbs are Atfributedto each Seafin. But this Observation holds not generally True : For at thePoint in Jamaica scarce fall (as was hinted above ) 40 Showirs in a Tear, be-ginn ing in August to Oclober Inclusively. From the Point you may look to-wards Port-Morant, and soalong to Ligonee, 6 Miles from the Point ; andyou’1 scarce see, for 8 or 9 Montbs, begining from April, an Afternoorrin which it Rains not. At the Spanist i Town it Rains but z Months in theTear, and then not much. And at the fame time it Rains at Menis, ic Rainsnot at the Barbadoes. And at Cignateo (otherwise call’d Eleutheria) in theGulph of Bahanta, it Rains not some times for 2 or 3 Tears; so that that Islandharh been Twice Deferted for want of Rain to Plant it.

At the Point of Jamaica , where ever ycu Dig 5 or 6 Foot, Water willappear, which Ebbs and Fiovs as the Tide. It is not Sah but Brachst] ; Un-wholsome for Men, but WhoUsome for Hogs. At the Caymans there is noWater, but what is Brachst also; yet is that Wholesomefor Men, in so muchthat many are recovered there; by feeding on Tortoijes, and yet Drink noother Water. T.he Blood ofTortoifes is Colder than any. Water I ever feit there;yet is the Beating of their Heart as Vigorous, as that of any Animal (as faras I have obsrrved,) and their Artenes are as firm as any Creatures I knowWhich seems to fhtw, It is not Heat that Hardens the Coats of the Arteries,or gives Motion to the Heart. Their Längs he in their Belly below the Dia-phragm, extending to the End of their Shell. Their Spleen is Triangulär, andof a Firm Flest (no Parenchyma) and Floridly Red. Their Livtr is of aDark- Green , inclining to Black and Parenchymatous. In the Oesophagus are asorrol Teeth , with which they Chew the Grafs they Eat in the Meadows,which there Grows at the Bottom of the Sea. All the Tortoises, trom the Ca-nbbees tothe Bay ofMexico and Honduras , Repair in Summer to (he Cqymari

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