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be extenfive, it is beft to let a few large timber trees ftand at a good diftance 

 from each other, it in fome meafure breaks the violence of the wind. The 

 clearing the cacao walks from grafs, and cutting away the trees which 

 fhade the cacao, is the reafon that great numbers of them died in Jamakat 

 even after they had begun to bear. A plantain leaf may be ufed inftead of 

 the waha leaf, and other trees may be ufed inftead of the madre of cacao : 

 the Spaniards ufe more than one tree for that purpofe. I recommend fuch trees 

 as do not drop the leaf, or require great nouriOiment, as the orange tree (and 

 the coffee tree) I believe would like wife be fufficient. 



COCO. 



H E coco-nut tree is propagated in the JLajl-Indies for many ufes ; 

 \^ the pulp on the inflde of the nut is very agreeable to eat, and th,e 

 water contained in it is the mofl: agreeable and wholefome drink in the 

 world. From the pulp, when old and grown hard, they prefs and g&t 

 a very ufeful oil, and the dry pulp remaining, they fatten hogs and poultry 

 w ith, and when rice is fcarce, it is ufed in fome parts as bread or provifion 

 for the poorer fort :. the leaves make covering for their houfes. The outfide 

 hufk of the coco-nut is foaked in water and beaten, from thence is 

 made all the ropes and rigging for their fhips, being the beft cables in the 

 v;orld for holding a fcip in a hurricane; and from the coco-nut tree is made 

 wine, or, as they call it, tody, and likewife arrack but then the tree muft 

 be kept from bearing fruir, which they do by cutting off part of the fprout 

 vv'hich (hoots out every n:onth, in order to produce the nut, and tie jars to 

 them, from v/bence diilils the liquor they either drink for wine, or foment 

 to diftil for urrrxk. 



N. B. The bell coco grows wild in the wood, at or near the Mufqucto 

 fliore ; and the v.inelLi and farfaparilla. grow wild likawife there ; and the 

 nicaragua v.ood, which is much more valuable than logwood, might eafily 

 be propagated in Jamaica. Along that coaft are feveral fine harbours fit for 

 *hips of any burthen, v/hich we lave been, put in poffeffion of by the origi- 

 nal and only owners and polTsffors of the land, and our conftantand faith- 

 ful friendS;^ the Indians of diat country, and who have to this day fuch a dif- 



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