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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 Maniuus, 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. Marpono. 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. Mayen, 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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