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les, or yungas, though thefe names have different 

 fenfes, the former fignifying plains in a bottom, and 

 the latter thofe on the fides of the Cordillera; but both 

 in a hotter expofure. In thefe are produced the plan* 

 tanes, guincos, guiney-pepper, chirimogas, aguaca- 

 tes, granadillas, pinas, guayabas, and others natural 

 to fuch climates, as I have already obferved in other 

 countries. The colder parts produce pears, peaches, « 

 nedlarines, quaitambo?, aurimelos, apricots, melons, 

 and water-melons \ the laft have a particular feafon, 

 but the others abound equally throughout the whole 

 year. The parts which cannot be denominated either 

 hot or cold, produce frutillas, or Peru ftrawberries, 

 and apples. The fucculent fruits, which require a 

 warm climate, are in great plenty throughout the whole 

 year, as China and Seville oranges, citrons, lemons, 

 limes, cidras, and toronjas. Thele trees are full of 

 bloffoms and fruit ail the year round, equally wdth 

 thole v^hich are natives of this cHmate. Thefe fruits 

 abundantly fupply the tables of the inhabitants, where 

 they are always the firft ferved up, and the laft taken 

 away. Befides the beautiful contrail they form with 

 the other difhes, they are alio ufed for increafing the 

 pleaiiire of the palate, it being a cuftom among the 

 people of rank here, to eat thern alternately with their 

 other food, of which there is always a great variety. 



The chirimoyas, aguacates, guabas, granadillas, 

 and Peruvian flrawberries, being fruits of which, as 

 well as of the ocos and papas, I have not yet given 

 any defcription, I fhall here give the reader a brief ac- 

 ' count of them. The chirimoya is univerfally allowed 

 to be the moil delicious of any known fruit either of 

 India or Europe. Its dimenfions are various, being 

 from one to five inches in diameter. Its figure is im- 

 perfedly round, being flatted tov^^ards the ilalk 5 

 where it forms a kind of navel but all the other 

 parts nearly circular. It is covered with a thin foft 

 Ihell, but adhering fo clofely to the pulp, as not to be 



feparated 



