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hard to cut down. There are two kinds, the red and the white : the latter 

 is very inferior. (The King having heard of the excellence of this wood in 

 1789, ordered a quantity to be sent to Spain, which was done accord- 

 ingly.) 



60. Manzana, Apple, the same as in Spain ; the silk-worm will feed on it. 



61 . Maniu, or Manihue, grows in Conception ; it arrives at the height of 

 twenty yards, and the girth of three. The stem is clean and straight for five 

 or six yards from the ground, where it throws out a beautiful head seven or 

 eight yards in diameter ; the leaf is narrow, soft, and pointed, and perfectly 

 green on both sides ; the wood is white, solid, and strong, and a little brittle : 

 it is used in buildings under cover, for the rain rots it ; in working it splits 

 like pine, which it resembles in colour, for which reason the people of Val- 

 divia call it by the same name. 



62. Maqui, is found in most provinces of the state; the sap which 

 exudes from its buds cleanses wounds and sores ; and the leaves, dried and 

 powdered, heal and cicatrize them : the fresh leaves mashed clean and cure 

 ulcers in the mouth. The wood is light and sonorous, fit for musical instru- 

 ments and the ornamental parts of furniture; it is admirable for lathing 

 for roofs, as it hardens with time, and is exceedingly durable. The bark 

 steeped furnishes strong filaments, from which better twine is made than from 

 those of spartum. Of its dark-purple berries, something like pimento, the 

 country people make a preserve, which is much sought after even in the 

 towns ; mixed with the grape when pressed, it communicates to the wine 

 an agreeable flavour ; infused in water, it is a powerful refrigerent. 



63. Mardono. This tree is found in Conception and Rancagua ; it grows 

 to the height of three yards, and about a quarter thick ; it produces no 

 useful fruit : it rots easily, and therefore only serves for firewood. 



64. Mayo, grows in Conception and the southern provinces ; it grows 

 seven yards high, and about three feet thick ; the wood is light : in Juan 

 Fernandez they make small vessels of it; its bark yields a yellow dye. 



65. Mayten, is found all over Chile ; it rises to the height of ten or twelve 

 yards, and grows to two yards in thickness ; its trunk is straight and clean, 

 and its roots run deep : the timber is white without and red within ; it is 

 tough and easily worked, and very proper for all curious purposes. The tree 

 is beautiful in public walks and shrubberies, being always green and leafy. 

 Sheep and cattle are fond of the young branches ; the decoction of its leaves 

 is a febrifuge, and bruised they are anodyne. 



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