Htilom of the Indies, lib.^.. 277 



is fome what hard. There are fome fweete, and others 

 fomewhat fower,and have the rinde hard. They make 

 cpnferves ofthemeate of this fruite , which is like to 

 m armelade. The vfe of this fruite is reafonable good, 

 but the conferves they make thereof, are better. They 

 grow in Hands. I have not feene any in Peru. Ic is a 

 great tree, well fafhioned, and a reafonabl^irclcafc. 

 *ThcGMtyav0s be other trees which commonly carry *"*****''** 



I an ill fruite, full offower kernells, and arc like to lit tie 

 apples. It is a tree little efteemed vpon the firm e land 

 and at the Hands 5 for they fay itfmells like to the P//- 



I naifes. The tafte and favour of this fruite is very grofle, 

 and the fubftance vnholefbme. In S. Dominique and 

 other IIands 3 there are whole mountaines full of thefe 

 Guayavos,and they fay,there was no fuch kinde of trees 

 before the Spaniards came there, but that they broght 

 them they know not from whence. This tree hath 



i multiplied infinitely, for that there is no beaft that will 

 eate the kernells or the graine , fo asl>eing thus fcatte- 

 rcd on theearth, being hoteand moift, it multiplies in 

 this fort. In Pezu^htGiiayavos differs from others, for 

 that the fhiiteis nqtrecl ? but white, neitherhath it any 

 ill line 11, but is of a very good tafte- and of what fort of 

 G tf ay twos { bever it bee , the fruit is as good as the beft 

 ofSpaine, efpecially of thofe which they call Guayavos 

 de Matos^nd of other little white Guayvilles. It is a fruit 

 reafonably holefome , and agrees with the ftomacke, 

 being of a ftrong digeftion, and cold jThe Palus com- 

 monly are hote and delicate . The Palto is^a great trgc, 

 and carries a faire Icafe, which hath a fruite like to great 

 pearcs : within it hath a great ftone , and all the reft is 

 ibftmeate, fo as when they are full ripe, they are as it 

 werebuttcr^and have a delicate tafte. InPeru the Palta* 



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