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The trade betv/een Acapulco and the Philipines is carried on very regular on' 

 account of conveying the milfionaries there in three fliipsj thus, whilfl: the firf}: (hip 

 has taken in her lading, and ready to fail from AcapulcOy thi^fecond is refi> 

 ing and loading at iliizw//^, and the third is on her voyage home for Acapulco:^ 

 by this means is that trade kept up very regular, and feldom known to mif- 

 carrry but when interrupted by an enemy. As for the Rajl-lndia goods 

 brought in this (hip, mofl of them are confumed in Mexico, very few being 

 fent to Vera Cruz, except for prefents to fome great perfonages in Europe. 



The cochineal that is fhipped at la Vera Cruz, is brought chiefly from 

 Guaxaca, where there are regular plantations of the Nopal; they decay in three 

 years, during which time they take great care to raifc new plantations tofucceed 

 thofe worn out by the cochineal; the traders and (hopkeepers of Guaxaca 

 buy it of the Indians in any quantity they bring them, this they put into a 

 tub, for which reafon the three forts of cochineal are now reduced into 

 one. 



Of late years the inhabitants of la Vera Cruz get much out of the rigid- 

 ftiifnefs of the Spaniard growing more polite, by imitating the manners of 

 the French, their ladies appearing more in public places, giving and receiv- 

 ing vifits, as in other polite nations. 



'The follow! 71 g receipts for planting Cacao and Coco, the frfl ufed 

 by the Spaniards, and the latter in the Eaft-Indies, were cofnmu- 

 nicated to the Editor, by a Gentleman who refided ma?iy Tears, 

 the Weft-Indies. 



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T A K E the largeft and fineft cods when full ripe, and let them lie three 

 or four days, then open them and take out the grains, and put them in 

 a veffel of water; thofe which fwim rejed, the others wafh clean from 

 the pulp, take off the flcin, and let them lie in the water till you juft 

 perceive them to fp rout ; then having the land you propofe for planting very 



cleanj, 



