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I (liall here colled: the notices that have 

 been left us by the ancients relative to Feli- 

 cuda and Alicuda, as they are extremely 

 few and brief. We know that their names 

 were Phenicufa and Erlcufa {<^on'iy.ova-a, and 

 Eoiviovcrcc)^ which are laid to have the follow- 

 ing derivation : Ariflotle, fpeaking of Phe- 

 nicufa, or Felicuda as it is at prefent called, 

 fays, " it received that name from its abound- 

 ing in palm-trees" — (pom^^ in the genitive 

 (poniycoc, being the name of that tree in 

 Greek '^. Ericufa, or Alicuda, Vv^e are told 

 by the author of the epitome of Stephanus, 

 was fo named from the erica or heath, which 

 there grows plentifully "f, Strabo, likc"^ 

 wife, informs us that thefe two iflands de- 

 rive their names from plants J. At pre- 

 fent, however, though heath is not wanting 

 in Alicuda, Felicuda does not afford a iingle 



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In Mirandis. 

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