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able fhady walks, nor can any thing 

 furpafs the uniform beauty of a regular 

 Cocoa Plantation. Thefe trees grow 

 wild, to a great height, in the interior ' 

 parts of Guiana* adjacent to the rivers 

 Oronoque and Amazons. 



The Coffee Tree is feldom fuffered 

 to exceed fix feet in height. The main 

 ftem, or trunk, is covered with a brown- 

 ifh grey coloured bark, and puts forth 

 numerous branches clofe to the earth, 

 which diverge on every fide in a hori- 

 zontal direction. Thefe branches are 

 about eighteen inches in length near 

 the earth, from whence they gradually 

 become fhorter, as they approach to 

 the top. The branches are covered 

 with numerous beautiful green leaves, 

 about three inches in length, and one 

 and an half in breadth, being lharp 

 pointed, and elegantly finuatcd at the 



edges. 



