COCHINEAL, 



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to St. Domingo, which after much difficulty was accomplished by 

 M. Thierry de Menonville ; and so sncceBstuUy was the cultivatioa 

 carried on, that twelve yeara later a, large quantity was produced, as 



Fig. 14.— Opuntia ■with Cocliineal Insect. 



many as 4000 plants being grown on one estate. It extended to some 

 other West Indian islands, and to the Bast Indies, but a considerable 

 time elapsed before it was introduced to Teneriffe, the Canary Islands, 

 and Algeria, whence a large amount is now exported. 



