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22. Principal Productions and Exports, historically treated 105 



o. Ambergris, Lumber, Fish, etc 105 



b. Tobacco; Salt 10G 



c. Whale Fishery ; Sharks Oil .. 109 



d. Silk, Castor Oil, Olive Oil, etc Ill 



e. Sugar, Cassava or Tapioca, Wheat, etc 112 



/. Bananas, Pineapples, Oranges, Lemons, etc 113 



rj. Corn or Maize _. .- - 115 



h. Potatoes, Onions, Tomatoes 110 



i. Arrow-root . . . . 119 



./. Easter Lilies, etc 119 



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Part III. Changes in the Flora and Fauna due to Man, with a Sketch 



of the Discovery and Early History 120: 532 



23. Discovery and Early History ; Historical Shipwrecks 121 ; 533 



a. Shipwreck of the Bonaventura, 1593. Figures 122; 534 



b. Shipwreck of the Sea Venture, 1609 125 ; 537 



c. Settlement of the Bermuda Islands in 1612 133; 545 



d. Fatal Famine in 1614-15 ; the ' ' Feagues "... 140 ; 552 



e. Tobacco Cultivation, as connected with the Early His- 



tory of the Islands 143 ; 555 



/. Slavery ; Negroes ; Indians ; Whites ; Abolition of 



Slavery in 1834 148 ; 560 



(j. Population at different periods 156; 568 



24. Character and Origin of the Original Flora 159 ; 571 



a. Endemic Plants. Figures 161; 573 



b. Localized Plants. Figures 162; 574 



c. Sea-side Plants. Figuies 166; 578 



d. Origin of the Native Flora. 175; 587 



25. Destructive Effects of Wild Hogs (before 1612) ; Wood Rats ; 



Snails, Slugs, etc 177; 589 



a. Effects of the Wild Hogs . . 177; 589 



b. Effects of the Plague of Wood Rats, 1614-1618 178; 590 



o. Effects of Injurious Insects, Snails and Slugs 179; 591 



d. Destructive Effects of Drouths ISO : 592 



26. Effects of Deforesting. 181; 593 



a. Bermuda Palmetto (Sabal Blackbumiana Glaz.); its 



History and Uses. Figures 181: 593 



b. Bermuda Cedar (Juniperus Bermudiana L.) ; its His- 



tory and Uses. Figures 187; 599 



c. Yellow- wood Tree (Xanthoxylu m m amaticurn); its His- 



tory 197; 609 



d. Yellow-wood Tree and the Legends of Buried Treasures 198; 610 



e. Other Native Trees and Shrubs partially destroyed 2u? ; 619 



/. Native Wild Olive ; Olive-wood Bark ; and Button-wood 



Tree 208; 020 



</. Mangrove. Figure 209; 621 



/(. Black Mangrove or Blackjack. Figure „ 210; 622 



