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Lucumo 

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Toifomns 

 Mam. 



A Voyage to 



of a Net, bccaufe the Shore is full of Stones ; the Sea \% 

 rough and breaking. 



The Plants in thefe Parts are almoft the fame as at Val- 

 paraiso. The Paico is there fmaller, and more aromatick, 

 and confequently abetter Sudorifick. There is abundance 

 of a Sort of Stone-Fern, which they call Doradilla, the 

 Leaf whereof is all cuiTd ; they drink the Deco&ion of it 

 to refrefli themfclves after the Fatigue of Traveling > and 

 hold it in great Efteem for cleanfing the Blood. There is 

 a Sort of Lemon Balm, which lafts all the Year, calPd 

 Lacayota ; they make it run up the Tops of Houfes, and 

 It is an excellent Preferve. There is great Plenty of that 

 they call Algarroba, being a Sort of Tamarind, bearing a 

 very rofiny Bean; the Cod and Grain whereof dry'd, 

 pounded, and in Infufion, ferve to make very good Wri- 

 ting-Ink, adding to them a little Copperas ; it is alfo cali'd 

 Tar a, from its Refemblance with the Cod of that Plant, 

 tho", in Reality, it be fomewhat different. 



In this Climate we begin to fee a Tree, which does not 

 grow in any other Part of Chili, arid is peculiar to Perm 

 it is cali'd Lucutno ; The Leaf of it fomewhat refembles 

 that of the Orange-Tree and the Floripondio; the Fruit is 

 alfo very like a Pear, which contains the Seed of the latter ; 

 when ripe, the Rind is a little yellowifli, and the Flefh of 

 it very yellow, almoft of the Tafte and Confidence of a 

 new-made Cheefe : In the midft of it-is a Kernel, exactly 

 like a Chefnut in Colour, Hairinefs and Subftance, but 

 bitter, and good for nothing. 



In the Valley, near the Ridge of Mountains cali'd La 

 Cordillera, is a Herb, which, when young, may be eaten 

 asSalladj but when beginning to grow large, it becomes 

 fo deadly a Poifon for Horfes, that as foon as they eat it 

 they become blind, fwell 5 and burft in a Ihort Time. 



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