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icveral in the interior part of the coun- 

 try, adjacent to the river Qronoque. It 

 is here, that the imaginary lake of 

 Parima, vvhofe fands were of gold, and 

 the fabulous golden city of Manoa del 

 Dorado, whole walls were covered with 

 that idolized metal, were fituated ; and 

 until very lately, the nations of Europe 

 have entertained extravagant ideas of 

 the treafure of Guiana ; nor is it proba- 

 ble, that they were altogether chimerical. 

 But the genius and policy of the Dutch, 

 are wholly commercial. They are fen- 

 fible the wealth of America, has im- 

 poverished and depopulated the once 

 powerful Monarchy of Spain; and have, 

 therefore, wifely prohibited the working 

 of mines within their territories in 

 Guiana. 



In ranging the Vegetable Syftern of 

 Guiana s I ihallfirft coniider thofe produc- 

 tions 



