( 555 )

The Juice of Manice , or Cassavi , is rank Poifin. All Hegt and pottltryr ^at Drink it, Swell and Die presently. If the Root be Roasted, it is noPotfim, but only occasioneth Torfions in the Belly.

Goncerning the Oyl of Palma Christi, the Imitans ufe it for Lamps» Itis a Delicate, Sweet and Transparent Oyl : But I could never find it ope*rate in Phyfick, notwithstandiftg I have given a Spoonful of if, and j in aClyster, This Palma does Yield an exceeding great quantity of Oyl,and, did we mind any thing, might be a Staple-commodity. The Leavesapplied to the Head, give great Ease to the Head-ach , as I have tiied in myfeit; and it is the only Rcmedy of the Indians and Negro's.

The Mancbittel-Tree, is a Wood of an excellent Gratn, cqualing the Ja-stnaica Wood , but large to 4 Foot Diameter, The Sfantards turn it into Beds.and the Englißt usually Floor their Rooms with it in Jamaica.

The Birds, call’d by some Fregati, we call Men ofWar ; their Fat is goodagainst Aches, &c. So is that of Aüegators, or the SheS-Fißt, called Sol-dat s, or Souldiers.

Of the Shining or Fire-Flies there is a great Difference in Hispaniola andJamaica, as to Bigness. They can Contract and Expand their Light asthey Fly, I am tute; and their Ltght continues some Days after they areDead : So that I am not of their Mind, who Affirrn, that ’tis the FlammulaCordis in their Tail.

The Wood-Lice will Eat Covers and Books, though Printed as I found tomy Cost: and they will Eat some sörts of Jimbet, but not all.

When the Cirons or Chegoes come among the Nervous and MembranousParts, they are very Paintul, and not to be Pulled out, lest your Needlestouch the Nervet.

I could never Hear of any Hurrican about Jamaica. I enquired of some,that had been inHurricant,and they told me,that they had found it to be muchColder then than at other times. I enquired of the Nature of these Tempefts,whether the Wind varied all the Points of the Compass, as ’tis säid ; Theyanswer’d, No; but it began always with a North-Wind, and when it carneEafi it ceased : But betwixt the North and East Point it varied so fast, andwith such a Violent Gust always, that it was impostible for any Ship in theWaterto Answer the Fering of the Wind-. Whence it happened, that theBacks of the Ships are Broken, and the Sails and Masts carried by the Board.

I faw. a Veflel of about 400 Tun, whose Main-Mast (which is no fmall onein such a Ship) was Wreathed as you would VVreath a With, in an instant,and so born by the Board, before ever they could Hand a Sad-

As we Sail’d for England and were to Double the Cape at the End of Cubain ordrr to our Palling the Gulph ; betwixt the 2 Capes of Cartooche towardsthe Main , and Cape Antonio in Cuba, there is a Current which sometimesSets Westerly, sometimes Easterly. If it Set Easterly the Ships have aspee-dy Pasiäge in z or 4 Days to the Havana ; otherwisc ’tis a Fortnight or zWeckt Sail, the Ship being Imbayed in the Gulf of Mexico. To know whichway the Current Sets, in Cilm Weather, no Wind at all stirring, thu? theyTry ir. They Hoilt out their Boat, and having rowed alittlefrom the Ship,

B b b b 2 'bey