eyen depriving the limbs o f fenfe and motion: they have,
found, out & lhedicinp „which: iiv# few dayajeamfflfrtthe poifop. An
Engliflipoan ate; o f filh withjiujt inoopvenien.ee, whilftja Patiye
wh6.dev<®redwhat was left < w a s; almoft- raving njjkd’, Ifis limbs'
fwbllerw inflamed ^s.in; thp; f^detif^er^^ithj^trnciafipg^pain, and
hig^eyea roIEngfas^jf; they^wquld ftart from their fockets, ^ • yet .goffer
ten or twelve days, he recovered, by a preparation o f herbs ihj^iftered
b y a .prieft. with many prayers. Thii_kind o f filh-is twenty
iricljgfc- long,, .the fins edged.witj^green.-jthe lk iii:^, a bajowniih hue,
and called by the natives puhhe, fjr r e , rowte. It('is chignt^abqMjthe
reefs, .and feme.,aj;e not,-poiiqnpuSj - though they knowhot^qej||iinJy
hftv^tnid^|inguife.!the good from the. bad. T h e r e . f m a l l red
crab, s®; bigger,-than a hprfe-bean,’ .fo T$agr deleterious, r^atfil^Lways
kBls the perfon whojea|S}it» The hootdo, likeyajir ^ca:|.us indicus,
Is ibiii^im^ ufed by th^m to jntexicatte,and.,poison the'filh.;,but
.this never injures the perfon who feeds upon them.
- # ;E :C T I O N :
., ffiee& flnd Shrybs, .
T H E IR tapes, exhibit the greateft -beauty and„,Ya^ety;f t^Oyare
.particularly remarkable for their flowers andfragrance.(. ,.The ? B A P e
has milk-white flowers, o f a delicate fmell, .lomething like jaftnine:
/with thefe theyvadom their hair, being.yery fobd Qffpeyfujpes,. The
tree is large, and covered with flowers; .fijgrovy^ in the iOw lapds,
■ and is cultivated with great care. The other is a native o f the
mountains, and called boo a ; it bears a light yellow flower o f Angular
beauty and feent, with which the women form bandeaus for
4
•thd^flialr. /They ^h4v e ;manyddt^j^fli^ers^kfefefsf,iEagfance.*''^jTllie
.toffiajgtasft ^atetlhbjj'^hpfeupri CookSfe^cead .dyei^iM'^ifland, s|he np-
tives being particularly fond o f the red blolfom it bears.
MrgM&rau s'-*wou.ld,bd<1^p%ypi feeft byflthem.;>fS)p?hpy
perfuming their
t'cloSiitfand|their oil ; one.fort, a kind of mint, they call mab oo a .
■' The *.,%om’a%oa$|f?Stb v^henj’^MEi,d^iji ft hey
withtv®ter)5^^^|feepf>hd.®.4 lhUaM'h!iti and 'fefe^i^ffyid^ys
^^retains a^powerflal
•^ oY tfd fe j.'tKe mophs^apyrifera^{tte^)|hspIant; pr .QMAMiaper
Mulberry: there a#tfw®-i:inds‘,m|ufC,'i the.^h^pallldYMYEU^Eb the
other This- .they'reagefull^ gifp y ate, 1 fenpib^ the plantations'
ditchf'tQirpreyent tbj^ f tp siand goats drqrm - h ^ i^ 'a c c e fs
fto them, .'tlptfeia«Uj th e k tte i, v h i c k d o much.mihbief Ij^Milring--
thSm.’^a'nflr are- therefore .tied .up; «.^r it driven intci^tl^Jusfouiflajns.
The^planfe -ofithisr-tree" fhoot up like ofiersy* and-when about
twsflv&vfeet m,jl^ght<^apd\;%hree.inches ‘MQirepWfei^he^t/hey ai;e
icht^jddwr^apdi carefully flapped -ofttbeiro bayfer diis; their/finef
■ "lyhitetleloth Mlmade, . T h e .‘rind fl/eing-. takeh.^If|! f? carried^? the
water]- the’ outer tcfiiide, fesaped yfficarefultyT'andW^l- wafliefl?,- till
•th%l^uaad,flime ai^l%akted-from3i%Yth&y ;wrap tMs.dn ^|;i|tain>.
‘Idm^ and'leave i f fo r three days,-to d%eftfj;byf xyhich~time.it- becomes
clammy and fit for working into cloth. The bark is next fpread
o f a regular thicknefs on the beam where it is to be-beaten, about
eight inches wide, and they begin with the grooved beetle to fpread
if out ..to a proper breadth and equal thicknefs in . every part. A
number o f plantain-leaves are laid on the ground, :and on thefe the
doth is fpread to bleach in the early morning dew for-feveralvdays, ■
removing it as the fun, grows high.: when perfectly bleached, itis-
dried, and rolled up in bundles for life .' This cloth is called hoobqp- ■ ’
f&nd parrawye : i f ithey wilh it to . be clouded, they break .the outer
bark with a ftone, and wrap the flicks in leaves for three or four
days before they bark them.