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Philosophical Transactions, Volume 2…

Plants of strange kinds in China, See Kircher in Books. A pleasant fruit called the Sowre-sop, cracks so loud on the Trees, that they affright us, n. 27. p. 501. Some Trees in Jamaica seem to grow meerly out of Rocks; Mask-millions meerly out of Sand, yet very good, ibid. The Polony-tree produces a huge fruit, as big as a man can carry, immediately out of its trunk, and without a blossom, n.
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Philosophical Transactions, Volume 2…

Cold drink may suddenly kill one that is accustomed to hot or warm drink, n. 29. p. 550. Shining Wood and Luminous Fishes rather Cold than warm as to us. See Mr Boyles experiment by a curious Thermometer, n. 32. p. 611.
Coral where to be found. See Chapuzeau in Books.
Cormorants or Pelicans being put two hours under ground, lose their Fish-like taste, n. 27. p. 501.
Sea-cowes in China come off the shore and fight with Land-cowes, n. 26. p.
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Philosophical Transactions, Volume 2…

Animals of strange kinds in China, Wild-men, Sea-horses, Sea-cowes, &c. n. 26. p. 286. Animals drink very little, some not at all, in the hotter Countries, as in Jamaica, &c. n. 27. p. 507.
Answers to Philosophical Inquires from a Sea voyage; the Caribe-Isles and Jamaica, n. 27. p. 454. From Bermudas, n. 30 p. 565: From Mendip-mines, n. 28. p. 525.
An Antidotal stone found in Serpents. See Books and there Kircher.
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