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maeval rudenefs ; and, from the im~ 

 menfe variety, which fhe has there ipon- 

 taneoufly produced in the vegetable 

 kingdom, I fliall felect fuch, as from the 

 uncommon properties they have mani- 

 fefted, are more particularly worthy of 

 publick attention ; and, in the re- 

 mainder of this, and my fucceeding 

 Letters, fhall ftudy, if poffible, to 

 avoid prolixity. " Non multis opus eft 

 <s fed efficacibus, facilius intrant fed et 

 " haerent." Seneca, Epi/l. 38. 



The Cocao Tree, to which I have a 

 particular attachment, I fhall firft de- 

 fer ibe. Its trunk is about fix inches in 

 diameter, and covered with a greenifh 

 white coloured bark ; it is intirely 

 deftitute of branches, until it arrives 

 eight or nine feet in height ; whe n it 

 reaches to twelve or fourteen feet, it is 

 ufually topped, to prevent its farther 



growth. 



