The Leaves of some Palms, are used, where they grow, for making of Garments, and thatching of Houses. The Country-People Tap the Wine-Palm about two feet above the ground, and of the Liquor which runs from it, and which they catch in Earthen Vessels, they make an excellent Wine called Mignol, like the White Champane. (a) Thevetus. (a) The fruitful kinds flourish chiefly in Ægypt and Syria: as also in the hotest parts of the Indies; and in the Canary-Islands: amongst which, there is one called, The Palm-Island. (a) (a) J. Bauh. The barren kind in Italy and Sicily.

This Plant, as it grows in Ægypt and the Indies, is described by Thevetus, with the Title above; by Oviedus, under the Name of Platanus, absurdly received by some, as himself noteth; by Piso, who, with the Natives of Brasile, calls it Pacoeira; by Acosta, with the Name of Musa, from (a) Thevetus. the Arabian Mous. It grows three or four yards in height, and ¾ of a yard (a) in compass. Yet this Trunk, so great, is (b) but annual.(b) Oviedus. It hath Leaves above a yard and ½ long, and more than ½ a yard broad. The Figs grow toward the top of the Trunk, near the shape and bigness of a midling Cucumer, sometimes one or two (c) (c) Acosta. hundred of them. Of a soft melting substance, and a sweet and most delicious Tast. In Brasile, either eaten by themselves, or with their Mandioca-Flower; boiled, or fryed (d) (d) Piso. with Butyr.