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Show eA General ?)efcrzptzon o but alfo becaufe of the fevera colours produced by the vario together Of this, notwithftanding its hardn fs before-mentione d, fuchg;r;)swal skilful Artifts, and know how to {plit the fame into very thin pieces, y ar trafies, Baskets, Canes, &c Of the thinner and {maller for , they make Pike?d an] Lances, which have fharp Irons at the e ¢o {evera] ufes, efpecially for the makin the o Pcrfpe&ive-ghfi‘es, in regard i thick,and firm The water that runs from this R ide the fire, is found, being taken i wardly, to be very foveraign t body all putrified blood, occafioned by blows, falls, or otherwi driveT oy of t pe . th fe thoots of it,before they hav leaves, are boiled with flefh li Tumip 1 Vinegar are kept al[ the ye This Reed or Cane . grows ver faft upon Moorifh grounds, and asleaveslike unto the Reeds in Eu , fhootin fix or {even foot high, and b ing about two or threc fingers thic , and full o knots ; the pipesof it are full of white pithy fubftance, out of whic the lqueeze the Sugar. The manner for the Chinefes, isa follows: The ground is firft ploug ed upyand laid intoFurrows, wher the young fhoots, and afterward fil in they plan up the Furrows with Mud. The m i ftands, the better it will thrive, and in a yea s tume' come to perfe@ion ; and the they cut down the old, and plant new ones : B it ftand unt the fecond year, whichis not much dmif 5 butif it be not then cut down, it wi be good for nothing. 1t will con inue for many years, if this cour be takent Preierveit, and if it be Plante in moift and fertile Earth, and t get not o the Root 5 but whag f it ftands in dry grounds, wil hardly continu five years with ut tranf; Planting Amongf B ss The Province of Suchue produce f o ' r they draw great quantities of Sugar t a t worft And thoug there has grown for a long time gr at quantitiesof fuch Canes in thi Province yet theInhabitants never knew ho to extra& Sugar from them, unti they wer taught bya certain Tud; iz Pricft, wh accidentally tiding with his Afs thr ugh field of Sugar-Canes, was detaine by the Owner thercof for {poiling t e fame and would not let him pafs until he ad made {atisfa&ion for what damag he ha done : whereupon the Pricft, to r deem his Afs, difcovered to that Cou the way of making Sugarou of thofe Canes L e 3 e r for Sauce |