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PATE PALMS, 



liclioTi is of a <^vny ('(iloiir, and tliO:40 plants wliicli 

 are of tln! (Uirkcst \n\i\ lono- iiiul strong:, arr 

 considered tlie best ; it grows to a grunt Ittngth, 

 but is rarely ob^iiied stD, 0a tiL« lisitives gather 

 itbelbar^ it comes to any size, on aoconat of its 

 bigb Vipitie. 



The quantity collectt'd in ono year, aTnon^: 

 tlie whole of tliis group of islands, wa> 

 #37,600 lbs, ; but sometimes a larger quantity 

 is obtaiuedy wbeto^ not bavmg iiitielt work lipito 

 the plaiitlKli^s, the negroes can be emjiloyed 

 for the purpose.* It is found on tlic steep rocks iu 

 the interior of the islands, and growing in tlie 

 crevices ; the finest orchilla is collected at the 

 Maud of Sti Aiitdaioj wh^re it gro^ la some 

 places so inaccessible as to be only procured 

 l)y lowering the gatherer down the cliffs hy 

 ropes. Tins lichen is e.xjjorted onlv to Lisbon, 

 there being an order from the IVrtuguese go- 

 vernment to ttuLt eS&s^f bttt qu&iitill^ we^ oflep 

 smi^ed Jirect to some hfdg)^ 



♦ At the time of our arrival a Portuguese brig was lyint,' 

 t]44thie bayi having a cargo of this weed on boiU'd^ wliich was 

 estimated m a lor ctlctdatibti tol>e worili 0O>iMK>£ 



j- The dyer's lidien was first exported from the Islands 

 of tlie ArchiiJelago to Veiiiee, Cicnoa, France, and England, 



for the m& ot tlie dym» tims^ ^mm^m^ 4f 

 tlie hs% century it was disvoveretjl in the Canary Islantlsj and 



