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of trees of a prodigious fize and height, 

 among which the fotei'Jbe is particularly 

 diftinguiOied* 



Thofe who prefer the fludy of botany 

 to that of mineralogy will find abundance 

 of plants in the mountains of Ambotifmen© 

 to gratify their curiofity. Enormous blocks 

 of roek-cryftal aifo may be feen there, 

 fome of which are cryftallized, while others 

 appear to have no regular form ; fome of 

 them contain fchorl and other foreign bo- 

 dies. Thofe kinds of fchorl in greateft re* 

 quell among naturalifts, are common in 

 thefe mountains, as well as indices of tin- 

 mines J which the iflanders call voula-fout-* 

 chefrie. Iron* mines of an excellent quality 

 are difperfed in great profufion all over the 

 iflnnd, and very near to the furface of the 

 earth* The Malegaches break and pound 

 the ore, and place it between four flones 

 |iped with potter's cky ; they then employ 



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