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Brood of thofe that have been born upon the Nopals 
which being become big, have brought forth already 
fome young ones. This they do much in the fame 
Manner as before, only now they take off the Plant 
a great many young ones with their Mothers, which 
makes this Sort of Cochineal be calledGr<3^^i//<3^jfrom the 
Number of final I ones found in it. In the mean 
Time they keep a Number of thefe young ones alive, 
upon the Nopals, which they pluck up or cut, and 
lock up in their Houfes, to nourifli thefe Animalcules 
during the rainy Seafon. Lajily^ Thefe being grown 
large, they put them into the Paflles and proceed in the 
Manner above expreifed in the fecond Article. So 
that for the mod Part they make three Gatherings in 
a Year. 
Fourthly, As to the Manner of killing the Cochi- 
neal : This is commonly done two Ways, either in 
hot Water or in "Fawafcales, which are little Ovens 
made for that Purpofe, though there are fome Peo- 
ple who kill them by roafting them upon Comales^ 
which are flat Stoves with Fire under them, made 
ufe of by the Indian Women* to bake their Matz. 
Bread. Thefe three different Methods give the Co- 
chineal three different Colours. The firfl: renders 
them of a brown Red ; the hot Water making them 
lofe the white Colour with which they are covered 
when alive. The fecond makes them of an Afh Co- 
lour and Marbled, or Jafpered *, both upon Account 
of the natural White with which they are covered, 
and the red and tranfparent Colour of the Cochineal 
it felf. The third Sort becomes black, as if it had 
been burnt. Of the old ones which died after drop- 
ping their young, four Pounds produce but one, when 
O 0 ^ dried ; 
