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daintines , and to refrefh them in time of heate. I have 

 ieene of thefe trees in S. lean dc Port Ricco, and other 

 parts of the to dies, and they report a wonderful! thing, 

 that every moneth or Moone, this tree caftes forth a 

 new branch of this Cocos - y fo as it yeeldes fruite twelve 

 times in theyeere, as it is written in the Apocalips: 

 and in truth this feemeslike vntoit,for that all the bran 

 ches are of different ages, fome beginning, others be 

 ing ripe, and fome halfe ripe. Thefe Cocos , are com 

 monly of the formeand bignes of a (mall melon^There 

 is of another kinde which they call^ff/Af,thc which 

 is a better fruite, whereof there be fome in Chillc. They 

 are fome what lefTe then nuttes , but more round. 

 There is another kinde ofCocos , which have not the 

 kernel! fo oyli? , but within they have a great number 

 offmall fruitcs like almonds , likcvnto the graincsof 

 aPoungarnet. 



Thefe almonds are thrice as biggeas thofeofCaJiiffe, 

 and refenrible them in tafte,thogh they be more fliarpe, 

 and like wife moift and oylie . It is a good meate , they 

 vfe it alfo in feafting-for lack of alnaons to make march- 

 panes,and fuch other things. They. call them Almonds 

 of the Andes, for that thcfe Cocos growe aboundantlie 

 vpon the Andes ofPrng* they are fo ftrong and hard,as 

 to open them,they muft beate them with a great ftone, 

 when they fall from the tree. If they chance to hit anie 

 one on the head, he hath no more need ofany furgeon. 

 It is an incredible thing, t'lat -within theholloweof 

 thefe Cocos, which arejnobiggeL than the reft, or litrlc 

 more, there areJucE^^ But 



as touching aI:iKvids"in d^'orher fruitcs, all trees muft 

 ye?l Je to the al non Js QfChachMMMj whichlcannot 

 otherwife call . It is the ino*1 pleafing , delicate, and 



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