ſupple-jacks, which, if cut in the proper ſeaſon, are very durable, and ſo pliant, that both ends may be bent together without breaking them. Theſe being in general regularly knotted, and of a good poliſh, are much admired for walking-ſticks, or to uſe on horſeback inſtead of whips; for both which purpoſes many of them are frequently ſent to England, where they are well known.
Among other valuable trees in the woods of Dominica is the gum-tree, which yields great quantities of that article. The circumference of the body of this tree is generally very great, and its timber is, on that account, made into canoes; which is done by digging or burning out the inſide, and ſhaping the log into form. The gum falls from the body and branches of the tree in great quantities, in ſubſtance like white wax, and was very ſerviceable to the planters of that iſland, during the time it was
