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Father Acosta, who wrote soon after the conquest, 

 does not venture to decide whether the hose was 

 originally in Peru, or whether it was brought by 

 Europeans ; we only observe that the names men- 

 tioned are quite alien to the languages of the 

 South Sea and the East Indies.* 



Burney, in his Chronological History of tJie Dis- 

 coveries in the South Sea, v. iii. ch. 5. p. 187 ; men- 

 tions a place in Hendrick Brouwer*s Voi/agie naar 

 de Custen van Chili, p. 72, where a beverage of the 

 Chilians, near Valdivia, is spoken of, called Cawau 

 also Schitie, and by others, with Italian orthography, 

 Cici, which is prepared like the Kava or Ava of 

 the South Sea, and only requires longer ferment- 

 ation. The root from which it is made, is called 

 Inilie. The drinking of the kava is a custom 

 peculiar to the inhabitants of the eastern islands, 

 which is totally unknown in the islands of the first 

 province, as well as in the East Indian islands, 

 though the plant itself grows there. We have 

 collected the Piper methijsticimi in Guahon, and 

 the very similar Pijicr latifoUiim in Lu9on. It is 

 not to be taken for granted that this noxious herb 

 may grow in Chili, even if others supply its 

 place ; and we confess that this coincidence of the 

 name is remarkable. We find no mention of this 

 beverage in Molina. 



* The hog is called in the Malay, Babi; Tagalese, Bnbui; in 

 the 4anguages of the South Sea, Bua, Buacea, Buaha, and Pua, 

 For the names of the dog, vide a preceding note. 



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