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ful empire of Asia, are lost in the absence of 

 an industrious and enlightened population. 

 The slothful and improvident habits of the 

 Turks themselves, and the paralysing in- 

 fluence of their government, arc particularly 

 unfavourable to a culture whose fruits are 

 tardy, and which therefore requires to be 

 encouraged by the security of property. The 

 Island of Candia produces great quantities of 

 oil , and Mytilene or Lesbos exports pickled 

 olives. Several other islands of the Archipe- 

 lago share in this commerce. 



In Egypt a few stocks of the Olive are seen 

 in almost every village ; but it is not exten- 

 sively multiplied , nor regarded as one of the 

 resources of agriculture. Oil is made in seve- 

 ral of the Barbary States, and Desfontaines 

 found the wild Olive abundant on Mount 

 Atlas. 



But the greatest variety of Olives, the most 

 judicious culture, and the most perfect me- 

 thod of extracting the oil and of preserving 

 the fruit, are found in Italy, France and Spain. 

 Bcetica, or that part of Spain which lies be- 

 tween the Guadal quiver and the sea, is men- 

 tioned by Columella as a country eminently 



