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CHAPTER 15. Of Pearles. 



Grow in oyster shells . . . .226 



Fisheries . . . .227 



Yield . . . . . .228 



CHAPTER 16. Of the Indian Iread and of maize. 



Bread of Peruvians made of maize . . .229 



Description of maize . . . .229 



Different kinds ... . 229 



Various ways of cooking it . . . .230 



Fermented liquor from maize . . .230 



CHAPTER 17. Of Yucas, Cag-avi, Pajias, Chunus, and Rice. 



Cassava bread made from Yuca . . .232 



Potatoes . . . . .233 



Method of making Chunus . . . .233 



Rice ... .234 



CHAPTER 18. Of divers routes which growe at the Indies. 



Various edible roots .... 235 



Abundant Spanish roots in Peru . . . 235 



CHAPTER 19. Of divers sortes of green Herles and Pulses, and of 

 those they call Pepinos and Pine Apples, Strawberries of 



Chile, and of Cherries. 



Pine apples . . 236 



Pepinos ..... 237 



Calabashes 238 



CHAPTER 20. Of Axi or Indian Pepper. 



Ginger grown in the Indies . . . .239 



Cultivation of capsicum . . . . . 239 



Capsicum very hot, but much used . . . 240 



CHAPTER 21. Of the Plantain. 



Cultivation of the plantain . . . . 241 



Description of the plant . . .242 

 May be used fur paper .... 211 



