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do immediately grow into Cabbages that have na 

 rank Smell. Ananas or Pine- Apples are fo com- 

 mon at Chelfea and other fine Gardens here in 

 'England^ that they need no defer iption, and I 

 fhall refer you to Laurence^ Miller^ Sir Ham 

 Sloan^ and other books that treat of Gardening. 

 I had like to have forgot to acquaint you, that 

 there was then a large company of Gentlemen 

 and Ladies from Ba[Je 'Terre, diverting themfelves 

 with Dancing, Singing, Cards, \3c, in the Garden, 

 and that we had the pleafure of looking at them 

 thorough the Trees for a confiderable time, with- 

 out being difcovered at all. Dr. George Baglivi 

 afferts, That as mApuglia (in Italy) the manured 

 Fields are plentifully flocked with Olives, Vines, 

 and Wheat ; fo are the unmanured ones with 

 Rofemary, Sage, Penny-royal, and Thyme, the 

 common Pafturage of the Animals of that Coun- 

 try. I fuppofe you know that Peach-trees, Myrtle, 

 &c, grow wild in Firgima and Ma7jla?id; and 

 that there are whole Fields of Parfely growing 

 wild at Bermudas. 



8. But to proceed. The Evening drawing on, 

 It was time to take leave of this fweet delightful 

 Eden^ mount our Horfes, and make the beft of 

 our way for my Friend's Iloufe at Chiamie^ where 

 we fafely arrived about an hour after, coarting it 

 all along thither ; that is to fay, having the At- 

 lantick. Ocean, clofe by on our right hand, and 



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