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mons, and citrons, of whicli there are many va- 

 rieties in Chili, grow every where in the open 

 fiehiSj and their vegetation is not inferior to that 

 of the other trees. Besides the common kind, a 

 species of small lemon is much cultivated, the 

 fruit of which is about the size of a walnut, 

 and very juicy. The leaves are small a? d re- 

 semble those of the orans^e more than the lernon, 

 a very delicious sweetmeat is made from t. e fruity 

 and the juice is much used in inflammatory 

 fevers. 



The olive* grows very well; particularly in 

 the vicinity of St. Jago, wS'ie I have seen 

 trees of three feet in diameter and of a pro- 

 portional height. Medlars, service apples, the 

 three-grained medlar and the jujube, are the only 

 European fruits at present unknown in Chili. 



*The first olive Mas canied from Andalusia to Peru inl560, 

 by Aatonio de Ribera, of Lima. E. E. 



P. Manuel Rodriguez, Ind. Chron-. 



