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In defcribing the fpontaneous vege-> 

 table produ&ions of Guiana, I fhall ob- 

 ferve no other order but that of their 

 magnitude, and even from that I fhail 

 fometimes deviate, amidft the rude dif- 

 order of thefe boundlefs and almoft 

 unexplored forefts. — And here I mud 

 previoufly defire you to expedt no ac- 

 count of an immenfe variety of pro- 

 ductions, whofe properties and ufes the 

 indolence of the prefent age has left 

 for the difcovery of a more inquifitive 

 pofterity. 



The Cabbage Tree is firft to be con- 

 sidered in the order of magnitude, 

 which I have propofed to follow. Its 

 trunk, which arifes from innumerable 

 fmall long roots, is about feven feet 

 in circumference, and ulually one hun- 

 dred and twenty feet in height ; being 

 ftreight, ere£t, and regularly tapering 



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