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Fmeyards The Vineyards of the Country about Pifco, which cair- 

 and Wine. not conveniently be water'd by Trenches, are planted in 

 fuch a Manner as not to need it, tho' it never rains there. 

 Every Stock is in a Hole four or five Foot deep, where 

 there is a general Moifture, which Nature has fpread through 

 the Earth to fupply the Want of River and Rain - Water ; 

 for the Country is defart, and fo dry, that there are no 

 Places habitable, but a few Plains and Vales, where that 

 Relief is to be had ; befides, the Bottom is almoft pure 

 Salt, whence proceeds that brackilh Tafte which is found 

 in moft of the Wines of that Country Growth. 

 Fruit. There are alfo about Pifco all Sorts of Fruit, Apples, 



Pears, Oranges, Lemons, Guayavas, Bananas, Dates, &c* 

 Many have fancy'd they have obferv'd, that when a Date 

 Tree is alone, it produces no Fruit, unlefs it be near ano- 

 ther, which is call'd the Female : But all Men do not a- 

 gree in this Particular ; fome of the Inhabitants reprefented 

 that Obfervation to me as a Miftake. There is a Sort of 

 Cucumber which Father Feiiillee calls Melongena lauri folia 

 fruffu turhinato variegato, the Inhabitants Pepo, or Pepino^ 

 that is Cucumber. It is very refrelhing, and has fome 

 Tafte of a Melon, but fady. The Camotes y or Pat at as, 

 are not fo good there as in Braftl; there are red, yellow^ 

 and white. 



Many Trmu They have alfo a Sort of Fruit there, which grows in a. 



Cod that does not rife out of the Earth, in which are fome 

 Grains, or Seeds, like round Lupins; which being toafted 

 in the Oven in their Cod, have a pleafant Tafte like a 

 toafted Hazle-nut. They eat Abundance of them, tho' 

 they are very hot, and provoking to Love : It is in all like- 

 lihood the Araquidna of fome Botanifts > the Inhabitants 

 call it Many, 



The Plenty of Provifions the Country affords, together 

 with a good Trade, makes the Inhabitants eafyj fo that 

 they often divert themfelves with publick Shows, fuch as 

 Bull-Feafts, Plays, and Mafquerades. 



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