to carry along with them; for tho this leaf be thus broad when it is open, yet it will fold close like a Ladies Fan, and then it is no bigger than a mans arm.  It is wonderful light, they cut them into pieces, and carry them in their hands.  The whole leaf spread is round almost like a Circle, but being cut in pieces for use are near like unto a Triangle:  They lay them upon their heads as they travel with the peaked end foremost, which is convenient to make their way thro the Boughs and Thickets.  When the Sun is vehement hot they use them to shade themselves from the heat.  Souldiers all carry them; for besides the benefit of keeping them dry in case it rain upon the march, these leaves make their Tents to ly under in the Night.  A marvelous Mercy which Almighty God hath bestowed upon this poor and naked People in this Rainy Country! one of these I brought with me into England, and you have it described in the Figure.  These Leaves all grow on the top of the Tree after the manner of a Coker.  It bears no kind of Fruit until the last year of its life, and then it comes out on the top, and spreads abroad in great branches, all full first of yellow blossoms, most lovely and beautiful to behold, but smell very strong, and then it comes to a Fruit round and very hard, as big as our largest Cherries, but good only for seed to set:  and tho this Tree bears but once, it makes amends, bearing such great abundance, that one Tree will yield seed enough for a Countrey.  If these Trees stand near any houses, the smell of the blossoms so much annoyes them, that they regarding not the seed, forthwith cut them down.  This Tree is within a [The pith good to eat.] Pith only, which is very good to eat if they cut the Tree down before it runs to seed.  They beat it in Mortars to Flower, and bake Cakes of it; which tast much like to white bread.  It serves them instead of Corn before their Harvest be ripe.

[The Kettule yields a delicious juice.] The next Tree is the Kettule.  It groweth streight, but not so tall or big as a Coker-Nut-Tree; the inside nothing but a white Pith, as the former.  It yieldeth a sort of Liquor, which they call Tellegie:  it is rarely sweet and pleasing to the Pallate, and as wholsom to the Body, but no stronger than water.  They take it down from the Tree twice, and from some good Trees thrice, in a day.  An ordinary Tree will yield some three, some four Gallons in a day, some more and some less.  The which Liquor they boyl and make a kind of brown Sugar, called Jaggory; but if they will use their skill, they can make it as white as the second best Sugar:  and for any use it is but little inferior to ordinary Sugar.  The manner how they take this Liquor from the Tree is thus; When the Tree is come to maturity, first out of the very top there cometh out a bud, which if they let it grow, will bear a round fruit, which is the seed it yieldeth, but is only good to set for encrease.  This bud they cut and prepare, by putting to it several sorts of things, as Salt, Pepper, Lemons, Garlick, Leaves, &c. which keeps it at a stand, and suffers it not to ripen.  So they daily cut off a thin slice off the end, and the Liquor drops down in a Pot, which they hang to catch it.