like a Cabbage; this Tree in Carolina, when at its utmost Growth,
is about forty or fifty Foot in Height, and two Foot through:
It's worth mentioning, that the Growth of the Tree is not perceivable
in the Age of any Man, the Experiment having been often try'd in Bermudas,
and elsewhere, which shews the slow Growth of this Vegitable,
the Wood of it being porous and stringy, like some Canes;
the Leaves thereof the Bermudians make Womens Hats, Bokeets,
Baskets, and pretty Dressing-boxes, a great deal being transported
to Pensilvania, and other Northern Parts of America,
(where they do not grow) for the same Manufacture. The People of Carolina
make of the Fans of this Tree, Brooms very serviceable,
to sweep their Houses withal.

We took up our Lodging this Night with the Bermudian; our Entertainment
was very indifferent, there being no fresh Water to be had on the Island.

The next Morning we set away thro' the Marshes; about Noon we reach'd
another Island, call'd Dix's Island, much like to the former, tho' larger;
there liv'd an honest Scot, who gave us the best Reception
his Dwelling afforded, being well provided of Oat-meal,
and several other Effects he had found on that Coast;
which Goods belong'd to that unfortunate Vessel, the Rising Sun,
a Scotch Man of War, lately arriv'd from the Istmus of Darien,
and cast away near the Bar of Ashley River, the September before,
Capt. Gibson of Glasco then commanding her, who, with above an hundred Men
then on Board her, {Septem. 5. 1700.} were every Soul drown'd
in that terrible Gust which then happen'd; most of the Corps being taken up,
were carefully interr'd by Mr. Graham, their Lieutenant, who happily
was on Shore during the Tempest.