An Oil from the East-Indies called Oil of Earth, good for Pains and Aches. An East-Indian Composition, somewhat like Rosin, but sparkles a little; whence it is (perhaps) that it is called the Philosophers Stone; both these were sent me by Mrs. Madox. Indian Sear-Cloth. Of the Liquid Bitumen (before-mentioned) from Shropshire, may be further noted, that the Inhabitants, who in Mr. Camden's Time only used it as Pitch, now use it for the Cure of green Wounds, and commonly sell it at 14 d. a Pound. Besides the Lake Asphaltites, and others noted by ancient Authors, later Discoveries have found the Lake at Cuba in America, and Zant of the Venetians (Gord. Geogr. pag. 379 & 235.) Of the Mevis Bark used for a Vomit: The American Physick Nut that works sursum & deorsum. Of the Mirtle Wax; the Candle-berries; and a Candle made thereof. (Don. D. Greathead Lond.) and of other Indian Fruits, see before amongst the Plants, where there are for Food, Physick, and Clothing; as Wheat, Mayz, and Milium, Cloves, Nutmegs enclosed in Mace, and Cinnamon, Coco-nuts and Cacao's (Chocolate) Coffee-berries; Plants used there as Tea, Liquorish, and Cotton, both Silk and Wool, of which Garments and Hammocks are made, and washed with the Soap-tree Berries; which, without any Proportion of Salt lixiviate, Sulphur, or Oil, wash better than any Castile-Soap, but rot the Linen in Time: To which may be added a Turkish Wash-Ball 2 ½ Inches in Length; another round, wrought in Trales and Branches. Indian Perfume for washing the Skin.

In the Musæum Tradescant are mentioned Pieces of Stone from Apollo's Oracle, Diana's Tomb, &c. which may keep me in Countenance for reciting what follows. A Stone from Jacob's Well, Another from the River Euphrates. A Bit of that called Jonah's Rock, of which Mr. Gordon well observes (Georg. Gram. p. 269.) that, though it be doubtful whether the ruinous old Monument, known by that Name, was erected upon that Occasion; yet it is highly probable, that this individual Part of Scanderoon Bay, was the very Place of the Whales Delivery, it being the nearest to Nineveh of any in the Levant. This was brought from thence, and given me by James Winter of Berwick, Surgeon to a Man of War for Turkey. Also a Bit of Stone that himself broke off Lazarus's Tomb. A small Fragment of the Pillar of Salt that is shewed to Travellers, as that into which Lot's Wife was converted from amongst the Collections of Mrs. Sarah Speering. To these may be added a Stone from St. Winifred's Well, with the indelible Spots of her Blood, but should have been placed (if not mislaid) as St. Hilda's Snakes amongst the natural Stones.