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[chap. III. 



pentry, but it burns well. The PhyJica has been exterminated 

 on the low part of the island and in the mouths of the ravines 

 near the dwellings, but there appears still to be abundance in 



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the higher and more distant mountain gorges. No doubt, un- 

 less some plan be adopted for renewing the supply on the low 

 grounds, the labor of procuring fuel must increase, and the 



