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selves up in a bagg, which when you feel, there are certain skilfull Men who with little pain will take them out; having great care to take out the bagg entirely, that none of the brood (which are like Nits) may be left behind, for fear of giving rise to a new generation.[1]
4. The shining Flyes are a kind of Cantharides, looking green in the day time, but glowing and shining in the night even when they are dead; this relator affirming that he hath applyed them dead to a Printed and Written paper in the dark, and read it.
5. The Manchinel-Apple is one of the beautifullest fruits to the Eye, of the agreeablest to the smell, and of the pleasantest to the taste (being thence call'd by many the Eve-Apple). but if eaten, certain death. The wood of it yet green, if rubb'd against the hand, wilt fetch off the skin, or raise blisters; and if any drops of rain, falling from this Tree, light upon one's hand, or other naked part of the Body, it will also have the aforesaid effect.
This other part of Dr. Wallis's second Letter to Mr. Du Laurens, though written and sent to the Publisher at the same time, when the first part was, yet came not then abroad, upon a consideration intimated, in Numb. 38. p. 750. and the same could not find room in these Tracts, till this Month, when 'tis publish't, rather from a desire, further to comply with the said Du Laurens, demanding the reasons of the Animadverter's Censure, than from any propension to disputes. The Publisher can bona fide assure the Author of the Paper, here further animadverted upon, of the reality of what is here affirm'd and profess'd by him, and in particular, that the original of this, what follows, came
- ↑ Dr. Stubbs faith, that they breed commonly in the Negro's, and that no English get them, but by going in places frequented by them. He thought, that our stockings, Socks and Shooes would guard the English from them, but he found, that neither they, nor the hardness of any skin was a fence against them. He observ'd, that they are incident most to such, as are nasty about the Fect; and that seldome any else have them. He had one himself under the great Toe of his right foot, which place was then as hard, as if it had a Corne there. The Cuticula being naturally as hard there, he did not suspect a Chego. It itch'd extreamly, nothing could be seen, only the adjacent parts round about, to the compass of a Crown-piece of silver, look'd red, and as if it had been some saline ferous blood, the colour fled upon the pressure of his finger. Apprehending it might be a Corne he sate down to cut it. He had not pared it much, but he discover'd the Chegoe and her bagg; whereupon he repair'd to the Negro's, who with a Needle pick'd out two baggs, and filling the same with Ear-wax, he never felt more on't. He adds, that they will spread by little and little over the whole feet, eat of Toes, and over-run the whole Body of some idle Negro's. He faith, he hath seen 40 pickt out of a Child's foot.
