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ttey fpread a little mould with their feet. 

 What proves the great fertility of the foil 

 is, that a field fown ih this manner produces 

 ah hundred fold. 



The for efts contain a prodigious variety 

 of moft heautiful trees^ fuch as palms of 

 every kind, ehony, wood for dying, bam- 

 bous of an endrriious fize, and orange and 

 lemon trees. 



Timber fit for mafts, and for conftruding 

 ihips, is no lefs common tlian that employ- ^ 

 ed by carpenters and cabinet-makers. IHa- 

 court fays, that he fent to France, in 1650, 

 fifty- two thoufand weight of aloe* wood of 

 an excellent quality. Phyficians call this 

 wood agafiochum, and the Portuguef? eagle- 

 wood, 



Thefe numerous trees and flirubs are fur- 

 rounded by a multitude of parafite plants and 

 vines. In thefe for ells may be found agaric 

 B 4 and 



