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SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. 



tard-apples, sour sop, citrons, shaddock, ackee, 

 sopotas, avocata, tunnals, pitalli, ciayotte, 

 chennini, gcnianil, granadilla, pomegranates, 

 dates, annonas, mangoes, star-apples, melons, 

 gourds, tomatas, &c. with which, and many 

 others, this market abounds in succession at 

 various seasons of the year ; but by the casts 

 I have taken of them they will be familiarised 

 to the eye in a moment. In such a coun- 

 try and climate the finest productions of every 

 part of the globe might be produced, but the 

 whole is left to the care of untutored Indians, 

 whose horticultural knowledge is indeed very 

 limited. 



A few intelligent gardeners from the north 

 of our island would soon acquire fortunes in 

 the neighbourhood of Mexico, and be the 

 means of increasing the blessings already 

 enjoyed by the people in those delightful 

 regions. 



Besides the articles furnished for the table, 



