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say, 400 Ibs. Being equal to maize for fattening pigs, these 400 Ibs 
are worth $3.20, supposing ee to be worth 80 cents per 100 Iba. 
The hogs pick up the fallen fru 
The palms may be climbed as i they climb coco palms, and the 
wax scraped off. Here the 2E s down the palms, and each one 
yields from 15 to 25 Ibs. of w 
When mixed with tallow and made into candles the wax of 
andicola gives a bad smell to the smoke, which I do not think 
would happen with the wax of the Cajamarca palm 
It may be that the prehistoric aborigines acclimatised andicola 
in the Western Cordillera and so produced this v 
a new pocion, a fair name for it would be Da GIL andicola 
occidenta 
I shall Eis to hear what you think = ie palm. 
n, &c. 
( Bigned)- ROBERT B. WHITE. 
The ion, Royal Gardens, Kew. 
