k \ :c The Dtjlreffes and Adventures 



Nut and Plantain Trees, which are beauti- 

 ful to the Eye ; the Fruit of which are what 

 the Inhabitants chiefly live on. Plantains 

 are always feen on level Ground, growing 

 in Thickets or rather Groves, but are com- 

 monly called by the Natives Plantain Walks ; 

 their Bodies are of a clear green, and fmooth 

 as Glafs, being very (trait, and about twen- 

 ty Foot high. The Fruit grows at the 

 Top, and is covered with great Leaves, 

 which are eight or ten Foot long, and four 

 Foot broad, and are alfo very ufeful to the 

 Indians. 1 The Trunk is about three Foot in 

 Circumference, but fo tender that a Man 

 may cut it down with one Stroke of a 

 Knife; and this is the Way commonly made 

 life of by the J.dians when they want the 

 Fruit, they having no other Way to come 

 at it ; and after a Tree is cut down in 

 this Manner, another will arife from the 

 fame Root, and in a twelve Month's Time 

 come to full Perfe&ion, bearing Fruit as the 

 former. 



Early in the Morning (according to 

 the King's Infirudion) we fat out from 

 CandilkrOy with our new Guide, the others 



haying 



