Htflorie of the Indies lib 4. 27 $ 



and braunches, which arc fharpe,pricking and defor 

 med , fo as in fome places they doe call it a Thiftle. 

 There arc thirties or vvildc T malls , the which do carry 

 no fruitc, or elfe it is very pricking without any profit* 

 There are likevvife plan ted Tunalls which yeeldefruite 

 much eftecmed amongft the Indians, the which they 

 call TIWM , and they are much greater then Plumbes, 

 and long. They open the fliell which is fatte,andwith- 

 init is meate and (mall graines 3 like to thofe of figges, 

 which be very fwecte^they have a good tafte,efpccialiy 

 the white, which have a pleafing finell, but the red arc 

 not vfually fo good. There is another forte of Tunxlk, 

 which they efteeme much more, although it yeeldes 

 no fruit, yet itbeares an other commoditie and profit, 

 which is of the grainc, for that certayne fmall wormes 

 breedein theleaves of this tree^when it is well husban 

 ded, and are therevnto faftned,covered with a certain e 

 fm:i!I fine web,which doth compaiTe them in daintily; 

 and this H tint Indian Cochenilk, Co famous,and where 

 with they diei.igraine. They let it drie,and being dt> 

 cd, carry it into Spaine , which is a great and rich mar- 

 chandile.The arobe of this C^>fc/&Qrgraine is worth 

 many ducats. Inthefleete, the yeare 1587. they did 

 bring five thoafend fixe hundred feventy feven arobes, 

 which amounted to twoo hundred fourefcore three 

 thoufand feven hundred and fifty peeces,& commonly 

 there comes every yeare as ^reat a wealth. 



ThefeT#4& grow in temperate grounds inclining 

 to colde. In Peru there growcs none to this day, I have 

 feenefome plants in Sp*ic, but they deferve notefti- 

 mation. I will l]ieake foniething likewife of the Anir, 

 although it comes not from a tree , but from an hearb, 

 for that it ferveth for the dying of cloth , and is a mar- 



T 3 chandife 



