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CASA GAimisftsr. 



to'* (peeii signifying flat, and to, peaeh) of tlie 

 Chinese, is a vatiely of the peadi, appearing-, 

 aItljL#igh tn reality of a perfed;ly wbJtsxmt fmn, 

 i& hm^ lifid its flatness produced hf ai titicial 

 innm?. Tlu; Itlo.^sonis of tlie free arc douhk% 

 but tertilc. T\w fruit is described as being of 

 an oxcellunt Havour. 



Tim mm^ m imttcji irduedli usually 

 at a lod^ |H^e% and hmwoi by the.aam« of 

 W&n^f hm^ (Wang signifying yellow, and liec, 

 root,) are said to bo tlnj root of the narrow-Icavi>d 

 bamboo, which grows abundantly about Macao, 

 forming very pretty hedges or inclo8iti€8 x tfeese 



ciently straight descendiftg roots being diffi- 

 cult to procure ; many tree? mujft cnnserpiently 

 be destroyed before those particular* roots of the 

 tequi^t^ lB%f}i straightm^s. eim ]be o1>- 

 tdned* Tte of 4fcls Bataatboor are very tfmi* 

 Hesome when planted, more especially in a gar- 

 den, from spreading so far, and so much towards 

 tlie surface of the ground, as to tear up the 

 paths?, &c. 



1 Vitited, Itk oojttp^iiiy i??!th Mtv ¥esctm^ tha 



Casa garden, in wliich i^ situated the jirincipal 

 object of my visit — ''C'amoens' Cave;" eele- 

 brated \\\v spot wliere that distinguishe<l 

 poet wrote tlie poem of the Lnsiad. It is not 



