An Account of a BookA Voyage to the Islands of Madera, Barbadoes, Nieves, St Christophers, and Jamaica; with theNatural History of the Herbs and Trees, Four-Footed Beasts, Fishes, Birds, Insects, Reptiles,&c. of the Last of those Islands. To which is Prefixed an Introduction, Wherein is an Accountof the Inhabitants, Air, Waters, Diseases, Trade, etc. of that Place, and Some Relationsconcerning the Neighbouring Continent and Islands of Am ...Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 25 (1706 - 1707), pp. 2433-2437Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/102719 .

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YII An Sccoat of a Book, Intitled, A Ycryage to the lands of Madera, Barbadoefi WievesX St GhrifioperJr, and yatSvica; with the Natgral FliJ2ory vS the Herbs and TreesX Four-footel BeaQxss Fithes7 BIrds, Infedss Acptiles, bc. of the taJ} of thofe IJlands. To which is prefixed aa IntrodsJior, wherein is an Ascotgnt of the Iaru habitants Air WaterS DifeaJ*es, Irads, &c. aoc that Place, and foe Relationx concerningx the Neighbo7wrxssg Csatineat dad IJtands of America. IltxJirated witb the Figxres of the Ihiags deicribedX which have tot been ere tofore engrav@dZ in large Copper Plates ws bag vs aw the LiJ5ee By Hans Sloane, M. 1). Feltom of the College of PhyS- ciarls9 and Searetary ofthe Ro9tal Society In two holafwes zn Fol.

tTZ3e FirJZ 7;oteewe. H1Z Author of this Work, having, as lle intima-tes

| sn tlle Preface, a great defi-re to fatisSe his Curiofi- ty, axld imprcve llis Knowledge, by making particula-r OlJfervationstin fome parts of tlze WeJR ladies, whence a great pare of the Alaterza-lUedwa is brought to uss a$ ltkewife to vsew and examine the tllings tllemfelves ia tlzeir Natural and Vegetating fEate, laid hold of an cc. cafiotl that oSered it felf, and accompanicd the Duk> of S16eadrle as lzis Phyfician in tlzQfe Parts; vlliclS gavc Ilim an opportunity of *making theSe EVemarksX wlzich he has obliged the lnquiStive with in this llolume, nt.71licZ contains but olle part of tlle defi1gned Work of A 7fiXtArnl i0iory af Jamaica; nor is it wholly confirzetl to vl1at lllandX firCe he irlSerts - feveral curious and uSeful ObterF vations in other ad jacent Parts) as-he had any -cotlven*

ency of making tlzemj 1n the Prtface he tells us of an Il1dirpo&tion during tI¢

moEc pare of hisVoyage tllithertllat hindered his obILrving T S A ' rcte

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( 2434 3 feareral things, wllicll otherwife we might have Izad atl accountof Hcre l;ze tells us his way of pretervitlg th> Specimens of llis PlantsX and owns Ile was oblibel iF tkie defigns of matay to one Mr. SreX a G7eregywU

tShis { rS Vejlum:> after a large IntroduEtion atR3W.l (31)fir vatiotls Ill<>de ia tile Voyage thitherX contaitlsa vev-y par- (iCtilvir 0t7d atearate de(cription of tlle lierbs gronv-iRlD XICreX wit7w t;ae Fig>res as large as the LitSeX curiotly ura i and as xwte¢l Graved Thus far in general : I stall {3bE-ve %me ki*e particularsX atld tefir tllc CAlfiOS tO tize 13O>!k it ilf ir a full lnfbrmatioll.

It*1 lIe IntrclduEicorl he informs us of feme p*riculars cf the firA Diicoxrery cit tLae W-Xdies by C:fi. Colsabxs) a 1 of tlzis I2and in I+94 j and l)y the way -oblerves) tiac the tirtt Slzip brougllt home the Sench Ppx, beire uns ha7own in Egrape) with its mWorlderial freading in a ksv Years

Asto thc Eltuatiotl of ji4waicaX it lies S. W. of ERtge

/;tad l 500 Leagues ; it llas to the E. St DOGJnX# about 3 5 LeaguesX and to tt: N. Caba, abrJut soz tcx tlle S. Parto .BeloX atld to thc S. E Santa M;rtha) eacll a5Out £4Q

Leagues diflant. Next 11e gives the NamcsZof tlle llivers (svhich are

;enerall7 Wfapid and Muddy) I)oth OJ1 the N. and S lides : obServing there is a Ridge of Elills running E. ancl W tllrorlgll the midf} of it.

AsNto tlse Barometer, he found-the fame variatlvas there as svith rls in England; witll Some other ObSerlrations of the Air. rhen he treats of the Wters ; o!blerves ala hot Spring) Idlt Springs, eXc He touncl the $oil of t};leir 9ar sann anfvver our -AIencdows. Treating of their FoodX he bServes t1zat Fleth fometimes corrupts- verSr foorlg cxcept

Salted :, and here talles occa{ion to fipeak of tllcir feeding and nlanaging tlleir Sn7ire Z atnotber part of tlzeir Food is Txrtlew and fome other fif* - EXere he fpeaks of Ca0ffi! Breac!) vnd the wonderful change maele in it lJy BaliingX it lDtit1g tawP a rank PoiSon Then

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( 2435 ) Tlzen follows a Digreffidn concerning the extratralxn*

-ry power of tlle Stomachy ln eonvcrtingf3 many dffferent farts of Food lato good Nourifbalent; vvitLl a particu!a* account ot tlle diSizrent Food§ of Weve-ral Nations and People.

Treattngof their Drinkt he Xys ViAter ls thechleE, as alSo the rnoR wholfomes difia)Pving vanous and Erong Liquors; and obScrves tllat (3der, BeerX &k I)rou;Dl-lt from England dor11 not keep etacre; melltiotsing fever-a; otherDrinksuSedtlatreX wtitlwthesrgood andt>deSS>

Tlleir chie-f EserciwSe ls Ridng in a Morningf as we

as the E{ealtllieR. FroLE .nnd SnQ\ arO never feen there.l but in tIle luland part§ fomefimes greaF Fogp ; thty 5al C two Ralny Seafons) tjz. xrl > and @.

Here 00110\v5 a Journal of ttIe Weather from Xv tfot 2dX x688 to X1arch tile t7th, 689* This is fucceeded ly an Account of the WindsX as MonfJ n-$ bct Earth quakes generally llappen once a YearX and Thunder daily in the Mountains.

The tahabitants are fbr tlae molR: part EErog= = fome few Crelians, Indidn and tlie Nt -Slave.s ; the Natives laaving been all formerlyelefEroyed by the5paffia*

tRlIen he treats of their CloatllingXHonfes of the Plan* e and Negro'sX of their Workhogfes, &c Speaking of the NegroXs and their mantler of living, he obirves theit Mirthw SingingX bluSck and Dancing, svith tllexr Lafc;s; vionfnefs; as to tlle Nkg s PllyfickX C:uppIng with Ca- IdbaJhexX and ScarlEcations are fFequent ; they knov lIttle of the uXe of SimplesX or the Metlod <3f 9uring a DiSeak 5 tIley hate a CuRom ln mol} CAis, of daubtng the S1+Ck Perfon all c>ver -with wet CX, and fettirlD Ilim in t;it warm Sun.-

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[;Ie gieres fome account of tile Trade of >awaz^ca ) and oming to tpeak of the PuniXPents of the Sgro's) hfi faysy tho ther may Seean fevere to uss yet they ac bXt necefltaNy for SO ftabborrs a Raw of ManlKindt

I5 Aa tt

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( 2;434) As to the BeaRsX he obServes the HorSes are but fmali,

linelEap'd and rwiftX but weak; of black Cattle there vere forazerly many wild) b :0t at prefcnt there ar but

Ai7csv exc++pt ss752t vlzey breed.

Travelll:..¢ ttJes Nrth fdt of tlle lFflst3nd) lle fot1nel tIzem *llt^ aKUt;;-l<;R)> bE3 l3rgC City catlltd Sesill^aj witll a (>f)t$ict

tIat lwad neY+r been - fi£lI!iO(l; here he met ith an 1n

4^Eri;tion tf Pets; &;Ittyr, &X near this Place is a fit<e

tii-tr1Zour.

tter dsis is an Nccount of Capt. Phzt2w; Jourtlal for t1]e Wrerk, svlth oeker Etetuarks.

t1Cxt iEollowsfi an Aceourlt of the l:)ifcale.s I-le met with

tiatre duriteg hzs kayX and obirves tiley are tnuc11 t1ze

Xaze as llere ; he gives us the method l1e uSed in twhe

Ca;reX with tlle SucceSs of lais PreScriptions

He concltlds with the relation ofi llis Voyage thitIlerX

and the ObServations made in the lime ; and I:peaking of

SeaEcknefss difapproves the cornmon PraAice of fome to take at Spring andF Fall Preventive Medicines, it of ten bringi\ngv on TllneXes, in probability they would ne ver have been troubled with.

Here he gives el1e Defcription and Figures of foveraI FJhes andoBirds he met with ln his pafEageXas the HArgn- vloMa.rinaYil1a30rX the(]raxnpsisX 207SeX C>arzfelafortofw Zoophyte,tDoZphinX 5hark7 Boneto, Rewora, Flyirg FiJh, Trcpgsk BirdX lYffaa of 2ffi2Var,..Bapby. NodctyX &C.. witll the

JPIants obSerlred at Bar.Dadoes and tl;ae otber IflandsJ

LaRly fbllows tlle Natural [liltory of 2agaica and

an this Volume he treats only of; the HerS, wbich le di*

fiributes xnto s7 Cllapters,

* Of S;X^rine Plants, Of which Ile deScribes 42 gr-

ving their Fig;uresas-big as the LifeX and refers to the Catalogue of yawdic PlantS publi(hXd by himfelf in Oc

tavo x696 wlzere he plres tlle Synonyma with great [nowledge and InduRry r tlle fame Method is obEr--ved n a11 the following thapters}

* ffi O£

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20 05 Marofwes Xof sX &c in a11 26* 3¢ 0f Ferns and Ckpillary llaats, in numTJer vo3, 4. of Herbs witll Graffi1eIJeavesof whch lle natnes 57; 5* of HerUs with lefs pWrieEt or atnineaus Fiowers) in

all Ss 3 particu]ar]y cef [org Pepppr. 6 0t [lerbs with a WIonspetalous Flosver? of avlli$Il

are 47 ; particularly of rl sbatao, ,tuth its good and bad t.,1a'iities.

7* 0f rerticillated Plants, of wllicIz t1;zere are Ilze T4.

that grosv. wild. 8¢Of LeFmlnhox Hcrbs, or witll a Papiliotlteeous

flower, in all 3O. , 0f Herlzs with flowers conSTting of 2 or+ 3 * Pexla> t2*

xe. Of Herbs whoSe flowers lzwe 4 Petvgla or Leaves, ag

I Xw Of Herbs vaCculiferous with Pentapetalous flowers) - .)..

I 2. Qf [Ierbs whicb are o£ theKi nd of usmbeIlikeroua Plantss 6.

x 3. 05 rough Lewed, or aberifolious Plants, 5. Ii+ of [Ierbs commonly accollnted to have many na

ked Seedsf 24. X 5* Q£ 13actiferous or Pomiferous-Platlts 42 x6. Of Bulbous rooted Plants, or with 6 or mere P^,¢

1^ amongft thefe lue reckonsthe Alo¢ of theSe-the<re arw. zo.

T. 0i Herbs whofe flo-vrers are compoSed of S¢ver flowers, of which Tribe he gives 3oO

Tllis cnds the a FolggeX

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