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delicious food for goats, but I have not 6b- 

 ferved that they touch the bark. It turns the 

 mod barren place into a fine odoriferous gar- 

 den by its flowers, which laft a long while. 

 The twigs are ufed for tying bundles, inflead 

 of riifhes ; and all kinds of herbs which are 

 brought to market are fattened together with 

 them. The whole fhrub ferves to fhelter 

 hogs and goats againfl: the fcorching heat of 

 the fun. 



Swine are kept in whole herds by a man 

 who feeds them with acorns, which are com- 

 monly fold at Cadiz and at other places. The 

 fwine are very large, thin haired, and black 

 as jet. It is probable they came originally 

 from Africa, as I am told that this fort of hogs 

 is very fcarce higher up in the country. It 

 would be worth while for an ceconomifr. to get 

 a breed of thefe fwine ; but they mull alio be 

 fed as they are here, and have fome exercife 

 every day, which keeps them from growing 

 too fat °, and makes them tafle well. The 

 exportation of a boar of this kind is for- 

 bidden, but a fow almod ready to farrow 



° In England no m3n tries to prevent his hogs from 

 ■■growing too far. 



would 



