m 



groves, with great regularity, the distance ob- 

 msv^ li^^&i the plants being twelve or eighteen 

 feet Tke ei^oa^ittils sm mv^ pksteel vmAl ih^ 

 haye p| )routrd, and the young plant even attained 

 the elevation of three fert or more ; tlie natives, 

 tlierefore, usually keep the nuts intended for 

 planting about th^r houses, natil tlxcy are con- 

 4^tE&i 10 ht ijif j^wtK sTiffieiejtt to^ fUmt At 

 the hUM ^ Bothnia, South Paeific Ocean, I 

 have seen them ranticd alou"- in oTcat nnndjers 

 before the hnts, the yonn<>' plants growiiin- luxu- 

 xiantly from the nuts, but as yet unplanted. At 



this isIafi^J the cticea^mit tree Is pfentfed almB* 



dantly, and covers the island profusely, from the 

 margin of the beach to the snnmiits of th<." hills, 

 giving a beautiful aij^earauce to this sniall 

 but fertile island, hi time of sickness the 



natives ofteaa msk$ <4f Ae 3 oung trnm^ 

 imt tre^s as olTemigs to the supposed offended 

 spirits. 



For the first tliroc or four years, the young 

 plants are fenced, to protect them from the de- 



prdUitfa^ ^ i&^f. M yfk^m ike youngs 

 ielieale leav^a ironrld km. a tempting izio3?si@l^ 



In five or six years, (if the tree is planted in a 

 healthy situation,) the tree will lia\*e attained an 



«HS8ionary joiniialfe, was printed thus; — « tjtej* preaclivtl to 

 tim tiativcs ' ii ioj>s oi' cQcm-mi trees ! I" 



