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exhibit a richer vegetation. From wells of eight or ten feet deep, 
with feveral of which every garden and every field are furnillied, 
the hufbandman waters, at fun-rife, the natural or artificial pro- 
•dudions of his land. Of thefe the principal are, 
The Talk, a tree that in fize refembles the fmall Olive, It 
jflowers in yellow fprigs, and fuppiies the hard and lemon-co-^ 
loured wood, from v/hich the handles and frames of the Fez- 
:zanner's inftruments of huibandrj are made : 
The White Thorns 
A kind of brufhwood that refem'bles the Spanilli bi'aom : 
The Date tree, which is common 5 
The Olive and the Lime, which are defcribed as fcarce ; the 
Apricot, the Pomegranate^ and the Fig : 
Indian corn and barley, the two favourite obje^s of the Fez- 
zanner's cultivation : 
Wheat, of which but little is raifed : 
O Pompbns 
