The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
John Huyghen van Linschoten (1563 - 1611)
Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Huyghen_van_Linschoten References in Documents:13. Vegetable Horns mentioned by
d)
p. 88
b)
p. 88.
so long, but of equal
thickness. Given by Sir
Brown
Elephants are brought into
Ceylan, Sumatra,
Cochin, Siam, Bontam, Melinda, &c. But they breed most
in the
Kingdoms of a) a)
p. 29.
&c
eat them, and sell their Teeth. The
draw,
and ship their Goods. In Winter, when it begins
to rain, they
are altogether mad and ungovernable, and so
continue from April to September,
chain'd to some Tree;
after that, they become tame and
serviceable again. (b) b)
more of the nature, and ingenuity; and of the way of hunting
and taming them, in c)c)
Voyage
a)
p. 29. &c
that is broken off,
is about a yard long. Perhaps that lesser
sort which breeds in
they will come into the
Houses, and let the Children play
with them harmlesly.
scaly Lizard in
or six feet long. Perhaps a bigger of
the same kind with
this above described.
b)
Lib. 2. 248
a)
tus Gallus &
Linschot
l. 2. p. 249
called
Pagurus. It is one of the biggest sort; and the best
meat of any.
not of what kind) in
whensoever they got any man with in their Claws, it cost
him his life.
seldom exceed the
bigness of the palm of the Hand. But
a)
a)
Scallops, so big, that two strong men can
hardly draw one
of them, with a leaver, after them. Scallops will move so
strongly, as
oftentimes to leap out of the Catcher wherein
they are taken. (b) b)
A. lib. 4. c.
4.
themselves, is, by forcing their under Valve
against the
Body whereon they lie. (c) c)
erc. 219. S.
1
places,
near
are excellent good.
before Oysters.
c)
p. 80
growing upon it.
Given by the Honorable
Mr. Gum is perfectly like
to that of the Wood. The Colour, like that of the purest
and
most lucid Alœ, called Succotrina: for with the light
reflected, it looks almost like Pitch; with
the light trans
mitted, it glisters like a Carbuncle; powder'd, it is of a
reddish
yellow. This, or some other like Aromatick
Gum,
the Alœ of the Hebrews: whence the other, from simili
tude, hath its Name.
The Tree is described by a) a)
c.
76
bigness of the Olive. This Wood is the Heart of the Tree,
the outward part, commonly called the Sap of a Tree,
being whitish and soft. 'Tis said by Sir
(b)
b)
Trans.
N. 43
hurtful, that if any of it lights in the Eyes, it
causeth blind
ness; or scabbiness, if on any other
part of the Body. But
this, doubtless, is to be understood
neither of the Heart,
nor the Sap; but only of the Barque:
there being no
Milk-Vessels in either of the former, that I
remember, in
any Tree, by me observ'd.
Of this Tree there are two sorts: (a) a)
l. 1. c.
76
Calamba, and grows most in
used in
Beads and Crucifixes. The
wilder, called Palo Daguilla, and grows most in
their Bramenes and other men of account, in token of honor.
See hereof also b)b)
Garsiam
Of this Tree there are two sorts: (a) a)
l. 1. c.
76
Calamba, and grows most in
used in
Beads and Crucifixes. The
wilder, called Palo Daguilla, and grows most in
their Bramenes and other men of account, in token of honor.
See hereof also b)b)
Garsiam
GARON. Very oily;
in
colour, hardness and weight, like to Lignum Alœ. But
being held a little to the
fire, hath a strong fragrant
scent, much like to that of Cloves: and seems therefore,
as well as
by its Name, to be the Wood of the Clove-Tree.
The Clove-Tree is
described by c) c)
c.
65
a Bay-Tree. It grows in
Islands.
The best sort in
They grow in divers places of the
cial Uses,
being an excellent Remedy (a) a)
l. 1. c. 75
Bitings of Vipers and other
venemous Serpents. They are
also, saith
Intermittent Fevers.
From
whence, and their bitter Tast, one may guess, That
they are
either of kin to the Tree whereof the Pulvis Patrum; or might give occasion, to some who
have been in
both the
a)
ten
Joh. de Læt
Piso
and
others.
others
rather one part of
the Fruit of a Tree growing in
(where it is called Acajaiba) and other
a)
c. 52
tries. Chiefly described and figur'd by
a)
and
b) b)
c. 6Acaju. That part next
the
Branch, by Apple; but
is shaped more like a
Pear. To the top of which grows this part,
which he calls
the Akorn. In shape
almost of an Hares Kidney; saving
that
where it grows to the Apple 'tis thicker,
than at the
other end. Of a smooth Surface, (here) mixed with
ashen
and brown.
d)
green, might
weigh four or five ounces. And is said to be
dug up,
sometimes, of fourteen Ounces. The Plant
un
certainly describ'd. Lachryma Jobi; Lobelius, (c)
c)
BalsReed;
,
to a Flag;
Cod.
of
the Male, the other of the Female: and supposeth, that
the
uncertainty of Relations hereof may proceed partly
from the
not distinguishing betwixt them. The Stalk of
the Male indeed
seems to have some little likeness to a Flag.
But the Seed-Cod is there neither figur'd nor describ'd.
The best Ginger grows upon the Coast of
which is preserved with Sugar, comes, or did at least in
schotus
Oil distill'd per
Alembicum, from the ROOTS of
the Camphire. From the
same Hand and Place.
The Roots being only bruised, and
steeped in Water, are then
distill'd. The Tree is about the
bigness of the Olive. Described by a) a)
c.
63
lon
made of fresh
Mace. Hath some few curdled parts, as some
times in that of
Olives:but the most part of it is liquid
without heat, which the best expressed
Oilof
Macein the
Shops, is not. Almost of the colour of a Tincture of
Saffron,
and very fragrant. Confirming what
sc. That
the original colour of
Mace, is Scarlet.