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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, are 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 agricul ture. Oil is made in seve- 

 ral of the Barbary States , and Desfontaincs 

 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. 

 Bostica, or that part of Spain which lies be- 

 tween the Guadalquiver and the sea, is men- 

 ' tioned by Columella as a country eminently 



