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for the moft part made of one fingle crooked Branch of a 

 Tree, drawn by two Oxen ; and tho' the Grain is fcarce 

 cover'd, it feldom produces lefs than a hundred fold. 

 Nor do they take any more Pains in Pruning their Vines 

 to have good Wine ; but, as they know not how to glaze 

 the Jars they put it into, they are fun to pitch them, 

 which, together with the Tafte of the Goat Skins in which 

 they carry it about, gives it a Bitter nefs like Treacle, and 

 a Scent to which it is hard for Strangers to accuftom 

 themfelves. 



Fruit. Their Fruit grows after the fame Manner, without any 



Induftry on their part in Grafting. Apples and Pears 

 grow naturally in the Woods ; and, confidering the Quan- 

 tity there is of them, it is hard to comprehend how thofe 

 Trees, fince the Conqueft, could multiply, and be diffufed 

 into fo many Parts, if it is true that there were none be- 

 fore, as they affirm. 

 See PJateXJ. They there plant whole Fields with a Sort of Straw- 

 Chi\\ Straw- berry Rufhes, differing from ours, in that the Leaves are 

 ™ rounder, thicker, and more downy. The Fruit is gene- 

 rally as big as a Walnut, and fometimes as a Hen's Egg, 

 of a whitilh Red, and fomewhat lefs delicious of Tafte 

 than our Wood Strawberries. I have given fome Plants of 

 them to Monfieur de Jujfieu, for the King's Garden, where 

 Care will be taken to bring-them to bear. 



Befides thefe, there is Plenty in the Woods of our Eu- 

 ropean Kind. And in fliort, all manner of Garden-Product 

 among us, grow there plentifully, and almoft with- 

 out any Trouble; and fome are alio to be found in the 

 Fields, without cultivating, as Turncps, Taupinambours 

 Endive of two Sorts, &c. 



Aromatick 



Plate XI. Page j6. explain d in Englifh. 

 Frutilla, Being the large Strawberry of Chili, drawn after its natural 

 Bignefs. • 

 Nancolahui, Or the Mountain' Flax. 



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