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mudas. Rice has been grown, by way of experiment, in 
wet and swampy ground, with success. 
Capsicums, and peppers, of various kinds, do well. The 
edible Cassava (Janipha manchot), is common in gardens. 
A species of Sanfoin, sometimes grown in the Bermudas, 
is the Spanish variety (Hedysarwm onobrychis), introduced 
from Malta; it is deeper coloured than the common British 
species. It blossoms in the beginning of April. 
The vignette below represents the inscription carved on 
the smooth indurated crust of a low rocky cliff on the 
South-shore, near Peniston’s ponds, better known as 
“Spanish Rock.” Tradition asserts it, with what truth we 
know not, to be the work of one Ferdinand Camelo, who 
is said to have paid the island a visit at the date marked on 
the stone. We are indebted to Mr. Hurdis for the copy of 
the inscription. 



* See page 178. 
