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they Piß much, as do Rabbets. In those Places wher« tbere is no Rain for awhole Month, or longer, nor any River or Pond, Cowt liclc the Dtw, for asupply. A Butcher kill’d a Bull in an Island, wherehecould have no Waterbut what was Salt : he affur’d me, tbat his Bladder was Dry'd up, so that hetnade very little or no Water ; yet he mustbe guess’d to have liv’d in thatIstand beforc the Enghjh came thither; which was 6 Tears before he waskiü’d.

The Swallows in Jamaica, as Hot as 'cis, Derart in the Winter-Months ,and the Wild Ducks and Teal come hither then.

The so Fam’d Tree, call d a Cabbage-Tree, I asture you,is nothing elfe thana Palm-Tree : and all that is Raten as the Cabbage , is, what Sprouttd out thatYear, and so is Tender. If Raten Raw, it is as good as any Nw-J-mondt ; and if Boil’d, excellsthe Best Cabbage. When that Top is cut off,the Tree Dies. There was one of thosc Trees at Barbadoes, above 300Foot High, as 1 was told forcertain. ThisTree will never Rot, and when’tis Dry’d, growsso Hard, that you cannot drive a Nail into it.

’Tis a fvlistake (above) that any Tobacco grows Wild, in Jamaica atleast. The Nitroui Tobacco, which grows upon Salt-Pttre Ground, willnot come to so Good a Colour, nor Keep so long, as other Tobacco ; inso,much that the Merchants oftentimes loofe all therr Tobacco in the Voyagefor England, or Ireland, it Rötung all by the way. In the sam e Salt PetreGround the Potato ’r, that are Planted there, are Rtpe i Months sooner thanclsewhere; but if tliey be not Spent Presently, they Rot, the Salt-Petre (astheytold me) Fretting the Outvvard Skin of the Root, which is thinner inthat fort of Ground than in other Places. The Sugar-Canes also in thosePlaces grow Larger and Faster, than in other Grounds, but Rot presently,if not Ground ; and do not Boil so well to Sugar.

In Jamaica the Sugar Cures faster in i o Days, than in 6 Months at Bar-badoes : And this happens on those Places, where it Raim for many Monthstogether; but you rauft know, that Rains there are Sudden, and makeno Previous Alteration in the Air before they Fall, nor do they leave itMoifi afterwards.

There isaTree call’d a Bafiard Cedar, whose Wood is really so Porcus(though you would not guefs so upon View) that being Turn’d into Cups,VVineand Brandy will Soak through at theBo’tom in alhort time.

There are many kinds of Wood in the Indies, be sides tbat of the Acajottor Cajcus, that Breed no Worms : and there is a Tree call’d Wbite-Wcod, in\Jamaica, of which ifyouBuild Shifs, they will never Breed any Warm.

The Soap Tree, Ihaveseen growingatthe Spanißi Town: and the Berriesof it (being as big as Bullets of Mufquets) without any proportion of Salt-Lixiviate, or Sulphur, or Ojle, Washbetrer than any Caßle-Soap ■ but theyRot the Linnen in time.

They have in Jamaica, 3 Barks to Tann witb, the Mangrave, Oli<ve~Bark, and another. They Tann bester than in England, and in C Weeks theLeatber is ready to Work into Shoes.

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