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besides some other astringent substance, of which no person yet seems to 

 know the nature.) 



100. Quisco, the same as Lolmata. 



101. Radan, a large tree, which is found in the district of Colchagua ; it 

 does not grow high : it is little used. 



10a. Rasal, is like a wild walnut. We have not seen its flower or fruit. 

 The wood is light and fit for musical instruments : the leaves and bark boiled, 

 give a good black dye. 



103. Rauli, grows in Conception and Maule, thirty or forty yards high, 

 and five thick. It does not divide into branches till near the top. The tim- 

 ber is of a fine red colour ; it is easily wrought, and is used by coopers and 

 carvers. The bark gives a red dye. 



104. Resino, a bush that grows in Juan Fernandez ; it produces a gum 

 applied to plaisters for various weaknesses, and is used to burn in churches 

 instead of frankincense. 



105. Retamo, Broom, grows three or four yards high, and a quarter in 

 thickness; its wood is used for balls : it is like Spanish broom, but more leafy; 

 oxen and sheep are very fond of it. The seed-vessel is globular, about the 

 size of a hazle-nut. 



106. Roble. When this tree is a sapling, it is called Gualle ; at its mature 

 age, it is Roble ; and when old, Pellin. It grows in the province of Concep- 

 tion, and in the southern part of that of Santiago, but is most abundant on the 

 banks of the Maule, where there are impenetrable forests of it. The common 

 height of the roble is thirty yards : some of the trees grow to that of fifty 

 yards, and from three to five in thickness. The timber is excellent both for 

 civil and naval architecture, with the exception of masts and yards. Wheels 

 and trucks for carts and gun-carriages are made of it. The bark is used for 

 tanning ; and, prepared with lime, it dyes leather red. 



106. Romero, Rosemary, grows everywhere, of the same sort as that in 

 Spain. There is an indigenous kind called Romarilla, which grows about 

 three yards high, and half a yard thick ; it is very bushy : it serves for hoops 

 for casks, for brooms, and other similar purposes. 



107. Sandalo, Sandal-wood, is found in Juan Fernandez ; the wood is very 

 odoriferous, and it is used for various purposes. * We do not know if it has 

 any peculiar properties : there is but little of it. 



Sauce, Willow. There are three kinds ; one like that of Europe ; 

 another called Simaroon ; and a third Mimbre. They are very common, and 



