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ter'd from the Sun while *tis young, and alwates from the 
Nord-Eaft winds § andto have a fet moift low foyl, wWch ^ 
makes thctn to be planted comdonly by Rivers and betwcea 
Mountains : So that 'tis ill liviog where there are good Cacao- 
waHcs. In a year's time the Piaot comes to be 4 foot high,aDd 
hath a leaf fix times as big as an old Tree, which, as the Plant 
grows bigger, falls off, and Icflcr come in their place,which is 
another extraordinary quality of this Tree, 
The Trees are commooly planted at 12 foot diftance} and 
at 5 years old, where the ground is good, and the Plant prof- 
perou$,it begins to bear a little, and then they eut down all or 
fome of the ftiade , and fo the fruit increafcs till the loth or 
1 2th year j then the Tree is fuppofed to be in its prime. How 
long it may continue fo, hone with us can guefs, but it*scer* 
tain^ the root generally (hoots out fuckers , that fupply the 
place of the old ftock when dead or cut down,un1efs whcn a- 
ny ill quality of the ground or air kill both. 
Neither wcjnor our neighbours of Hifpaniola or Cuba know, 
what to attribute this late blaft of the Cacao to. Some fancy, 
' 'dsage s others thinkj 'tis worms 5 fome believe it to be want 
of (hade, or an ill quality of the winds 5 but moft judge it's 
fome Conftellation or ill Dirpo(ition of the Climate. We 
formerly might have made here 2 or 500000 pound per an- 
mm 5 but thcfe two la(t years hardly 530c. Yet arc not peo- 
ple at all difcouragd,but plant it fafter than ever, efpccialljr 
to the Eaft ward, where arc divers young walks,that have uot 
one dead br blafted tree. 
Cacao w^ originally of thcfe ladies and wild.Towards^id- 
racajo are divers Spots of it in the mountains ^ and I am 
informed,thcPortugucfeshave>lately difcovcr d whole Woods 
of it up the River of Maramn. 
This is the Hi(tory of thie ^acao and its Husbandry* 
You cannot be ignorant of its ute and virtue § but nothing, 
me thinks 3 commends it fo raach , as that it (hould pafs 
by detail for Mony in Nen^ Spain and the Silver-Couor 
tries. 
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