A Flying-Fish, the Hirundo of Bellonius, their long Fins enable them to fly 200 Paces, when pursued by the Dolphins, Boneto's, &c. They seem to be a Kind of Herrings, as a Learned and Ingenious Author, who calls it therefore, Harengus alatus, informs us (h)(h) Dr. Sloane's Voyage to Jamaica, p. 27.. Don. Jab. Cay M. D. The Head of a Fish from Holland, of the same Form with the Serpens Marinus of Dr. Sloane (i)(i) Idem, Tab. 1. Fig. 2. , the under Jaw is longer than the upper; in both are many sharp Teeth. Don. Sam. Cookson Merc. Leod. Four Gore-Fishes, near two Foot long. Don. Pauli Smith Civis Lond. They (as also the former) seem to be the Acus major of Bellonious. Sesquipedales in Oceano capiuntur duorum pollicum crassitudine, quamvis tenuibus obseptas (k)(k) De Aquat. p. 163. .

These, and almost all other Shells wind from the Mouth towards the Left Hand, but Dr. Sloane obliged me with one (found at a considerable Depth under Ground) that turns quite contrary Way, viz. to the Right; it is of a deep Orange or Chestnut Colour; as is also another lately received from Roger Gale Esq; which was found in a Cliff near Harwich, that falling down discovered a considerable Bed of them, all turn'd the same Way. This hath a Hole perforated very probably by the Purple Fish, as that learned Gentleman conjectures from this Passage in Pliny, (Lib.9.) Lingua Purpuræ longitudine digitali, qua pascitur perforando reliqua conchylia, tanta duritia aculeo est.

The Barnacle or Concha Anatifera Britannia, is the other plurivalved Shell, that by a long Neck, somewhat resembling a Wind-pipe, sticks to, and breeds upon any Wood or other Matter floating in the Sea. It hath in it some Cirrhi, which have been fancied to resemble a little Bird, which was formerly believed to grow to the Bigness of a Goose. See the old Notion expressed by a very ingenious Gentleman in the Phil. Trans. (q)(q) N° 137. But the most judicious and rational Account (there being no such Thing as Equivocal Generation in Animals) is given by my honoured and kind Friend Dr. Sloane, in his Voyage to Jamaica (r)(r) Dr. Sloane's Voyage, p. 32..

Those which follow shall be reduced so far as I am able, because of the different Names of the same Plant in several Authors, to the accurate Method of the Learned Dr. Sloane, in his Catalogus Plantarum in Insula Jamaica; by whose Kindness I am furnished with 30 different Sorts of these very rare exotic Plants; others were brought me from the same Island by Mr. Sam. Kirkshaw Merchant.

Ricinus Americanus (the first of Dr. Sloane's (k)(k) Cat. Plant. Jam. p. 38., the Fruit of the Nambuguacu (l) or Oylnut-Tree; the Oil is not used for Lamps only, but in Medicine; it is of the Bigness of a Horse Bean, smooth and glossy, (l) Dr. Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 217.Ash-coloured with black Specks. The American Physick-nut (m)(m) Hugh's Amer. Physician, p. 81., of the like Size, but dark brown, with white Veins where cracked. Ricinus Americanus tenuiter diviso folio, this is the entire Fruit, including in distinct Cells, three of the Seeds. Nux vomica, this is a thin, flat, white Fruit, an inch and half round. The Bark of the Root of a Tree from Mevis in the West-Indies; the Planters give it to their Slaves for a Vomit, a Thimbleful is a Dose. Don. D. Faire Pharm. Lond. The Root of Cassada from St. Thomas's Island. It was some Matter of Wonder to me, to think how many People, perhaps one 4th Part of the Inhabitants of the whole Earth, should venture to eat Bread made only by baking the Root of Cassada, which is one of the rankest Poisons in the World both to Man and Beast, when raw (n). (n) Dr. Sloane's Introd. Nat. Hist. of Jam, p. 25.

Leguminous Herbs. Phaseolus maximus perennis, or the Great Bean of Jamaica. The Small red spotted Bean. The Jamaica white Peas, like our Rouncivals. The white Bonavist or Egg-Pea; it hath a Milk white Hilus or Eye almost surrounding it. The red Bonavist is somewhat less. The largest white Phaseolus with a black Eye, commonly called the Horse-Bean. These are the 1st, 2d, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th, in Dr. Sloan's Nat. Hist. of Jamaica, where the Plants are most curiously engraved. Sir Robert Sibbald's Nux Indica ex qua Pyxides pro pulvere sternutatorio parant; the mealy Part is taken out of this at the Hilus in order to its being made a Snuff-Box: They grow beyond Mount Diablo in Jamaica, and are cast on Shore on the Orkney Isles (p)(p) Phil. Trans. N° 222.. As also is the Phaseolus Brasilianus, call'd in Jamaica the Horse Eye Bean, from the black Ledge that almost surrounds it; it is better than an Inch Diameter, and of a dark Colour: They are sometimes tip'd with Silver, and worn for Buttons (q)(q) Dr. Sloane's Nat. Hist. of Jamaica. the 8th and 9th.. Another Sort, larger, compress'd and lighter coloured; the Hilus is not now black. Phaseolus maritimus semine fusco striato, the Sea-Bean, oval, brown, with Clay coloured Spots, dangerous to eat. Phaseolus Glycyrrhizites, or wild Liquorice. A round Scarlet Pea, adorned with a black Spot upon the Seat of the Placenta; they are stringed and worn as Bracelets: They grow also in Madagascar and China, where they use them as Weights (r)(r) Dr. Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 233. It is Dr. Sloane's 12th, and the preceding his 10th.. Some of them are said to be black all over, which may account for some of that Colour and Size, sent me under the Name of Indian Shott. One of a much larger Kind, that is half Scarlet, and half Black; it weighs 14 of the said small Guiney Peas. Those that are called the French Beans, both of the red, and of the white, from Jamaica. A lesser Sort of Kidney, brown striked with black. Two Pods of the Callavance, or Jamaica red Peas, the Cods are of a dark reddish Colour with a Swelling over every Pea, which seem to be small, of the Bigness of our Vetches. This is the 18th of Dr. Sloane. The Phaseolus erectus major. Here are also the small Gallivant Peas, or perhaps the Phaseolus erectus minor, not so big as the least Field Pea, white with a black Eye. Arachidna Indiæ utriusq; tetraphylla, Earth-nuts or Pindalls; they are brought from Guinea to feed the Negroes with in their Voyage from thence to Jamaica.

Ananas, a Leaf of the Pine-Apple-Tree of Dampier, the Fruit is used by Way of Desert. Alcea maxima fructu pentagono, a Pod of the long Okra, of a Piramidal Form, but slender. Alcea maxima fructu decagono; this Okra is of the same Form, but considerably thicker, being near half a Foot round; it contains many small Seeds, in ten long Cells. Both these Sorts were given me by Mr. Sam. Kirkshaw, and are excellently figured in Dr. Sloan's Nat. Hist. Tab. 133.

Of the inner Rinds of the Lagetto Tree, are made Mantles (c)(c) Sloan's Cat. Plant. Jam. p. 137.. My honoured Friend Dr. Sloan gave me a Specimen of this, that raises the Admiration of all that behold it, being like a delicate fine Gaws or Crape, woven by the greatest Artist. Musk-berries, and a String of them. Don. D. Sam. Kirkshaw. Hazel-nuts, two and three (triorchis) growing together. A Cluster of 15 grown Nuts from Holbeck in this Parish. Don. D. Tho. Kitchingman Alderm. Leod. Another of 40 Nuts (but not full grown) sent me by my Lord Fairfax's Sister, from Denton, where they grew. A Hazel-Nut that grew at Theobalds, near 40 Years ago; it is three Inches round.

Christa Pavonis, a Pod of the Wild Sena, or Spanish Carnation or Flower-Fence of Barbadoes. Cor Divi Thomæ, a dark coloured Lobe in the Form of a Heart. Quæ. Whether the Fruit of the Mountain Ebony, the Arbore di S. Thomaso (f)(f) Cat. Plant. Jam. p. 150., Arnotto, Lignum Asbestinum, or the Roucou; thin Shells or Husks with Seeds, smaller than a Vetch, and when fully ripe of a Crimson, or dark red Colour: The Native Indians paint their Bodies with it, thinking it makes them look more terrible in Battel (g)(g) Hugh's Arm. Ph. p. 56.. Acasia Americana Aldin; it is a Pod of a Sort of wild Tamarinds. Others like thereto, given me under the Name of Popanax; the Tree hath so terrible sharp Prickles, that Tradition says, our Saviour's Crown of Thorns were made of them. Another Sort of Acasia arborea major Spinosa; this wreathed Cod strictly answers Dr. Sloane's Description, Siliquis varie intortis (h)(h) Cat. Jam. Plant. p. 152.. The Sensible Plant, Herba mimosa, vel herba casta Americana, both the Plant it self, and two of the Pods, which are small, and have little black Seeds, when the Leaves of the Plant are touch'd, they presently fall down, whence the Name of Sensible Plant (i)(i) Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 234.. A Cod with the Wool and Seeds of the Cotton Shrub; it is trivalvous, not unlike a Tulip. Another larger with four Leaves: Of these are made the fine Callicoes, &c. Silk-Cotton with the Seeds; this is not so white as the other, (nor are the Seeds black) but rather of the Colour of raw Silk, and hath a Gloss like it; it is extream soft and fine. Of this, it is supposed, the Chineses make their soft, thin Paper; and it is probable many of our English Plants yield a Down that would be altogether as fit for the same Purpose (k)(k) Idem, p. 215..

Canella alba, the Bark of the wild Cinnamon Tree from Jamaica; the Seed of it, being the last Arbor bacifera Aromatica of Dr. Sloane (l)(l) Cat. Plant. Jam. p. 165.. A Piece of the Root of the true Cinnamon Tree, brought from the East-Indies, by Mons. Herman the late Botanick Professor at Leyden. Don. Jab. Cay M. D. A Branch of Cloves. Don. D. Ha. Sloane, M. D. & R. S. Sec. Nutmegs enclosed in Mace as they grow. Don. D. R. Dixon Lond. Coffee-Berries, the Plant is well described in the Phil. Trans. N° 208. and in N° 256, is a very handsome Discourse of its first Use amongst the Arabians and Turks, and since, the Europeans: Of its Vertues and Political Uses, read before the Royal Society, by my late Friend Mr. John Houghton, who computes that the three Kingdoms expends yearly therein 20586 Pounds; which, if all sold in Coffee-Houses, would amount to 61740 Pounds. But to return to the West-Indies, Chr. Gale Esq; sent me from North-Carolina some dried Yawpon, which the Indians in those Parts use for Thea, but is not very agreeable to the Generality of English Palates; the Form of the Leaf is not unlike that of Box. The Date-stone altogether solid. The Fruit of the Palm-Tree yielding Wine and Oil.

Corallium fossile exalbidum; the first of the English Coralls, Lh. 92. from Witney in Oxfordshire, from the Benefactor last mentioned. A Branch like that from Shipston Sollers in Gloc. Lh. 94. A larger Sort sent me from Ireland. A porous Species of Coral, like Imperatus's Madrepora, Lh. 104. The second Sort of a Coral mentioned in Dr. Sloan's Nat. Hist. of Jamaica, white, smooth, with many crooked Branches not above an Inch high (b)(b) Jam. p. 51.. The next Sort Corallium album porosum maximum; this is of the tapering Part towards the Top, thicker than the little Finger, about five Inches long, hath but one Joint, the muricated Prickles are convex below, but Hollow above, fit to receive Nourishment from the Water, but whether from the East or West-Indies I know not. A lesser Sort of white porous Coral, that hath half a Score Branches in less than five Inches. The Doctor's 4th, Corallina Opuntiades, one Leaf growing out of another, tyed together by a Sort of stony Thread. Pounced white Coral from the Coast of Norway; it is above four Inches in Circumference, full of small Holes upon the Surface: It was broke from the Rock that my Friend's Ship struck against. Don. D. S. Madox. Two Branches, but conjoined in Places, of curious starred white Coral, with many lesser Branches intermixed. Don. Rev. D. Baxter V D M. The Root of Red Coral, growing upon a Rock, but the Branches broken off, that there remains not above an Inch in Height of each Branch, which is smooth, solid and red, as are also the spreading Branches of the Root. Another very ponderous and rugged, having the Foot Stems of above 20 Branches, some of which are four Inches round.

The Florentine Marble naturally adorned with the Representation of Trees, which appear very fair, not only upon the polished Superficies, but (being casually broken) quite through the Body of it. Don. Jab. Cay M.D. Delineations of Shrubs upon Stones from Sherburn Com. Gloc. Don. Jo. Woodward M D. And of Trees very curious in dark Colours, upon a white Stone, from Don. H. Sloane M D.

Dr. Grew, amongst the Regular Stones in the Musæum of the Royal Society, reckons also the Lapis Amianthus, and the Hæmatites. Of the former of these, called also Asbestinus, and the Thrumstone was made the incombustible Cloth; it consists of glossy, parallel, fine Threads. It was anciently spun and woven into Sheets, wherein the Bodies of the Emperors were wrapped, to keep the Ashes entire from those of the Funeral Pile. The Art is of late revived, and a Specimen of the Cloth presented to the Royal Society, who made the Experiment; and instead of being consumed in the Fire, it came out entire and more refined. There is lately found of this Stone both in Scotland and Wales, of which an incombustible Paper was made at Oxford (a)(a) Phil. Trans. N° 172.. Don. Hans Sloane M D. The Hæmatites or Blood-stone: Dr. Lister affirms the English to be as good, if not better, than that brought from the East-Indies. Another which seems to be the Hæmatites, that admits a good Polish.

Cassada-bread made of the Root of a Ricinus Americanus; the Figure whereof is excellently engraved in Dr. Sloan's Nat. Hist. of Jamaica Tab. 141. the Description of it, pag. 130. and the Manner of making it, Pag. XVIII. of the Introduction. The Juice of it is so poisonous that any Creature drinking of it swells and dies presently, yet People who feed constantly upon this Bread live long and healthfully; it is taken as Biscuit for Ships upon long Voyages: This was given me thirty Years ago by Mr. Walter Brearey Merchant. A fine Piece of Cassada or Sciam, brought of late Years from the Indies by Mrs. Rach. Holdsworth.

In the afternoon Herr Campe took us to call on Dr Hans Sloane, who received us with vast politeness; in a very different manner from that coxcomb, Dr Woodward. He immediately addressed us in French, which was most amazing for an Englishman; for they would rather appear dumb than converse with a foreigner in any other language than their own, even if they should be quite capable of doing so. He took us into a room of moderate size, which was quite full. Above are three or four rows of books, while all the lower part is furnished with cabinets and natural curiosities. Not only is a large quantity here, but they are for the most part extraordinarily curious and valuable things. He has here the whole Charleton collection and many objects which Dr Sloane brought from India himself, while he is daily increasing them in England for vast sums of money. He assured us that the Venetian Ambassador had offered him fifteen thousand pounds sterling for this collection, but that he had refused. A great quantity of all manner of animals are to be seen here, some in spiritu vini and others preserved by drying. A prodigious variety of strange fishes, a large collection of ores, lapidibus figuratis, and an especially remarkable collection of lapidibus pretiosis, among them being several of uncommon size and value. He also had a handsome collection of all kinds of insects, which are kept in the same fashion as those we saw at Herr Dandrige's house, except that here, instead of glass, moonstone or Muscovy glass is used, which is much more delicate and light but more costly. Dr Sloane also showed us a cabinet of shells, which, though not at all numerous, consisted entirely of choice specimens. A Cochlea terristris was especially remarkable; not so much for its elegance as for its curious breeding from an egg, such as we had seen in no other collection. Dr Sloane showed us both a whole egg and various shells that were not yet full grown and so were still partly surrounded by the crusta testacea. The shell entirely resembles an egg shell, and, on holding the egg against the light, one could see the concham lying concealed within it. The eggs are not large, being rather smaller than doves' eggs. Another cabinet was full of marinis, among which the collection of corals was especially charming, for they were not only of unusual size but also quality. Not only all kinds of red, black and white corals are to be found here, but also those half white, half red, red inside and white outside, etc. Next we saw a cabinet full of all manner of butterflies; not so handsome as those of Vincent in Amsterdam. Then we saw all kinds of Indian and other strange costumes, weapons, etc. Also a sort of cloth that is said to grow on a tree. Moreover some antlers well-nigh as large as those we saw at Windsor. Dr Sloane showed us further a small cabinet with about four hundred varieties of most handsome agates, of which most were figured. He considered them all to be natural, but this is extremely doubtful. Next a cabinet of all manner of vessels and objets d'art of agate and other costly stones and materials. We also saw a cabinet containing great quantities of Numismatibus ex omni metallo and a tolerable number of cut antique stones, but time was lacking to observe them all with care. Next a remarkable cabinet of all kinds of stuffed animals, especially birds, and also several nests of vastly curious structure. Among other things he pointed out to us the nests that are eaten as a delicacy. It is said that the material is formed in the sea like the succino and used by the birds to build their nests. But, judging from its taste, appearance and feeling, I took it for a gum or resin, though many persons, indeed, consider succinum to be this. After we had seen everything in all the rooms round about, as far as time permitted, Dr Sloane invited us into another room, where we sat down at a table and drank coffee while he showed us all manner of curious books. Namely, various large volumes containing nothing but paintings from life of all sorts of exotic beasts, birds, plants, flowers, shells, etc. A notable one with all kinds of national costumes. These paintings were done by the best artists and collected sheet by sheet from all parts of the world at a phenomenal cost, often by Dr Sloane himself on the long journeys he has taken. The book with excellent illuminations by Mad. Merian of insects and plants was among them, but it was by no means equal to the other. Finally he showed us some manuscripts, but they were for the most part modern and on medical subjects. The best was a description of the West Indian coasts in the Portuguese tongue, accompanied by elegant paintings. It was a pity that we had so few hours to look through this large collection and these handsome articles, since the gentleman had no time on account of his extensive practice. They say that he could earn a guinea an hour. We thought, indeed, that he did us a very great honour by sparing us the time between half past two and seven o'clock. Being a much-travelled man he is vastly amiable, in especial to Germans and such persons as have some knowledge of his treasures. I presented him with a Lohenstein hystero lythibus, such as he had never seen before, and it was especially welcome; on this account he showed us more courtesy than to other persons. We then went to Thomas Smith's, who makes human eyes of coloured glass, with which he provides those who have lost them in war or by any other misfortune. He had a large quantity of them of all manner of colours and sizes. My brother purchased a couple which were exact replicas of his own, to have them used in a wax model of himself. He paid fifteen shillings for them, although the usual price is a guinea. The father of this man's wife is said to be the original inventor of them. When we had reached home we again went across to the Paris coffee-house, both in order to take leave of our good friends, in especial Baron von Nimptsch and Dr Karger, and also to hear the famous smith in Listerfield, called Honnyman, whom we had summoned thither. This smith can change his voice in so many fashions that one could imagine that a whole company were conversing. In especial he can imitate a female answering him from a distance; and this he did so naturally that a stranger who knew nothing about it ran up the stairs to look for the female who was calling for help. When he turns to the fireplace or speaks outside the door, it is all wonderfully natural, though also vastly agreeable to listen to.