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with Salt, rub the Perfon with it, and the Swelling goes off in 

 two or three Days, fo that nothing of it remains/There is al- 

 Peumo Tree, fo a Tree calPd Pewno, a Deco&ion of whofeBark is very 

 good for the g00c j aga i n .ft the Dropfy ; it bears a Fruit of a red Colour, 

 and like an Olive ; the Timber of it may be ufed for 

 building of Ships ; but the beft for that Ufe is the Roble, 

 being a Sort of Oak, the Bark whereof is like Cork; the 

 Wood is hard, and lafts long in the Water. Along the 

 River Biobio there are aUmdance of Cedars, not only fit 

 for Building, but to make excellent Marts. The Diffi- 

 culty of conveying them along the River, which has not 

 Water enough for a Ship at the Mouth, is the Reafon why 

 no Ufe can be made of them. Bamboo Canes are very 

 common every where. 

 Wild Font. The Plains fwarm with an infinite Number of Birds, 

 cfpecially Ring-doves, abundance of Turtles, Partridges,, 

 but not fo good as ra France ; Snipes, Ducks of all Sorts ; 

 one of which they call Patos realer, which have a Comb 

 on the Beak, Curlews, Teals, Pipeliener, fomewhat rc- 

 fembling thofe Water-Fowls we call S-a-Gulls, hiving a 

 red, ftrait, long Bill, narrow as to Breadth, and flat as to 

 Thicknefs, with a Streak of the fame Colour over the 

 Eyes, and their Feet like thepftriches, they are well taft- 

 ed ; Parrots, Pechicolorado V, or Robin-Red-Breafts, which 

 fing finely ; fome Swans, and thofe they call Flamenco's, 

 whofe Feathers the Indians value very much, to adorn 

 their Caps on Feftivals, becaufe they are a beautiful white 

 and red, <i Colour they are very fond of. The Diverfion 

 of Shooting is there interrupted by certain Birds, which 

 our People call Criards, that is, Shriekers, becaufe, when 

 they fee a Man, they fet up a Cry, and flutter about him, 

 making a Noife, as it were to give Notice to the other 

 Birds, who fly away as foon as they hear it : They have 

 above the Joint of each Wing, a red Point (landing up an 

 Inch long, which is hard, and as fliarp as a Cock's-Spur, 

 which ferves them to fight with other Birds. 



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