A true and faithful account of the four chiefest plantations of the English in America to wit, of Virginia, New-England, Bermudus, Barbados : with the temperature of the air, the nature of the soil, the rivers, mountains, beasts, fowls, birds, fishes, trees, plants, fruits, &c. : as also, of the natives of Virginia, and New-England, their religion, customs, fishing, hunting, &c. / collected by Samuel Clarke ...

An Excellent REMEDY Against the STONE.

MY Author relates this Story concerning himself, that du∣ring his abode in the Barbadoes, he was taken with such a fit of the Stone, that for fourteen dayes together he made not one drop of water; But when he despaired of life; God sent him such a Remedy as the World can∣not afford a better. For within ten hours after this ta∣king of it, he found himself not only eased, but cured: It brought away all the stones and gravel that stopped the passage, and his water came as freely from him as ever before, and caried before it such quan∣tities of broken stones, and gravel that the like hath hardly been seen. And afterwards being in the like torment, he used the same remedy, and found the same ease. The Medicine was this,

Take the Pizle of a green Turtle that lives in the Sea, dry it with a moderate heat, pound it in a Morter, and take as much of this Powder as will lie upon a shilling, in Beer, Ale, or Whitewine, and in a short time it will work the cure. These Turtles are frequent in the Chariby, and Lucayick Islands near to the Barbadoes, to which many of them are brought.

Three sorts of Turtles.

There are 3. sorts of Turtles: The Loggerhead-Turtle, the Hawks-bill-Turtle, and the green Turtle, which is of a less magnitude, but far ex∣celling the other two in wholesomness, and rareness of tast.

That part of the Island which is the most remote from the Bridge, (the onely place of Trading) by reason of deep and steep Gullies in∣terposing the passage, is almost stopt. Besides, the Land there is not so rich and fit to bear Canes as the other: Yet it's very useful for plant∣ing,

Provisions of Corn, Bonavist, Cassavy, Potatoes, &c. As also of Fruit, as Oranges, Limons, Lymes, Plantanes, Bonanoes: Likewise for breeding of Hoggs, Sheep, Goats, Cattel, and Poultry to furnish either parts of the Island which wants those Commodities.

The Sugar Canes are fifteen Moneths from the time of their planting, before they come to be fully ripe.

From the Island of Bonavista they have Horses brought to them, whose Hooves are so hard and tough, that they ride them at the Barbadoes down sharp and steep Rocks, without shooes: And no Goat goes surer on the sides of Rocks, or Hills then they.

FINIS.

(Here place the Examples of Minerals and Stones.)