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Pacigo, who Commanes at Carret Baj t and Capt. Diego that Commands theGulfk Ambrosio scems io be the greatcst, and Diego next; both OldMcn.

There is no such thing as a Kingot Emperour of Dorten nor, so far aswexan gather from all the chiefMen here abont has been these 40 or 50Tein. >

This Country certainly affords Gold enough, for besides that the Nativcsconstantly afiure us, that they Know several Gold~Mines on this side j besidesthat, I sey, the Flatet they Wear in their Noset, and the Quamity of Goldthat is amongst them, is enough to perswade any Man of the Truth of it..There was one Night aboard here some Indiant that had zbnndredOmcet ofGoWabout them. We are certainly tnuch bound to Providence in this Af-fair • for as we were scarching for the Place we were directed to, we foundthis, and though the Privateers had been so often at Golden Ifand, andthoughEngltfl), Duteh and Frencb had been all over this Cöast, trom FortobeBo tpC attagena, yet never one of them made the Difcovcry, even the Sf antarii .ehcmlelves never knew of this Place.

ttservahons rn XV. There were formerly near 80. Tovmt Seated roundabout the LaieMexico ; b~" 0 f Mexico, some of which contained 5000 Famliet, and some above 1 ocoo.»•»30. p. 7j At the p r£ f ent t jj ere may be a matter of 3 o Burreugbt and' Villnget, of which

the Greatestholds not above 5 00 Hottßt ; alltherest having been Ruinedby the Revolutioni in that Gountry.

• obserat,om .» XVI. I . There is in New England in the Inland Country wholc Forresis

of a fort of Dvtarf O ak, which though Low and Slender yet bear Acerni.2 ro P . a.') 7 . The Husband-men find that fort of Land most difficult to Break up at first

p. «»**• vith their Plough, in regard that the whole Surface is sill’d with Spreading

ftrong Roots of this sort of Oak. Neither roust it be thoughr, that they arefinali Shoots, which in time would grow Big Trees; for, where these Growthete are no Great Oakt, or very sew, amongst them. 1 have observed thatht some Plains, füll of these Sbrnbt, tbere have been no Acarns on most ofthem; but whether in other Yearsthey were not fruitful, I knew not SomeYears we know, even the Great Oakt bear no Fsuit, which are very füll atother times.

Upon the Bark of a certain Tree growing in Nova Scotia, and (as I hear)in the more Easterly Parts of N. England, rhere are little Knobs, withinwhich there is a Liquid matter like Turpentine (Which will run out, theKnob being cut operi) of a very Sanativt Nature, as I am Credibly in-formed.

The Fodi of Silk-Grafi are füll of a kind of most sine Dcwn like Cotton-IVool , many sich Flock; in one and the some Pod ending in a Fsot Seed.Tis used to stuff up Pillows and Gufhions; being tryed to Spin, it provesnot strong enough.

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