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eftancias, or country houfes, are very 

 pleafant, having generally a fine grove of 

 olive trees, with large vineyards to them. 

 The Chili wine, in my opinion, is full 

 as good as Madeira, and made in fuch 

 quantities that it is fold extremely cheap. 

 The foil of this country is fo fertile, that 

 the hufbandmen have very little trouble ; 

 for they do but in a manner fcratch up 

 the ground, and without any kind of 

 manure it yields an hundred fold. With- 

 out doubt the wheat of Chili is the fineft 

 in the world, and the fruits are all ex- 

 cellent in their kinds. Beef and mutton 

 are fo cheap, that you may have a good 

 cow for three dollars, and a fat fheep for 

 two fliillings. Their horfes are extra- 

 ordinary good ; and though fome of 

 them go at a great price, you may have 

 a very good one for four dollars, or 

 about eighteen fliillings of our money. 

 It muft be a very poor Indian who has 

 not his four or five horfes j. and there are 



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