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the Mountains there are all the Year long Mefcales^ a 
Fruit peculiar to this Country ^ and in mod: Seafons, 
large Fiilachio’s of leveral forts, and Figs of different 
Coidlirs. Tile Trees are very beautiful j and amongft 
others, that which the Chinos ^who are the Natives of 
the Country) call Calo Santo^ bears a' great deal of 
Fruit ^ from this they draw Excellent Frankincenfe. 
As this Country abounds in Fruit, it docs no lefs in 
Grain ; of which there are fourteen forts that the People 
feed on. They ufe the Roots of Trees and Plants, and 
among others, thofeof the to make their -Bread- 
of. I'hcre are Excellent Skirrets ; a fort of red Straw- 
berries, of which they eat plentifully ; and Citrons and 
Water-Melons, of an extraordinary lize. The Land is 
fo good, that moft Plants bear Fruit three times a Year : 
So that with fome labour in cultivating it, and skill in 
managing the Water, they render the Country extream- 
ly fertile. Nor is there any fort of Fruit or Grain, but 
what they gather in great abundance j which we expe- 
rienc’d our lelves : For bringing with us from New Spain 
Corn, Indian Wheat, Peafe, Lentils, 8fc. we fowed 
them, and had a very plentiful Increafe, tho’ we had 
not any Cattle or proper Inftruments to Till the 
Ground. 
Befides feveral forts of Animals that we knew, which 
are here in plenty, and are good to eat, as Stags, Hares, 
Coneys, and the like • we found two forts of Deer, that 
we knew nothing of: We call them Sheep, becaufethey 
fomewhat refemble ours in make. The firfl: fort is as 
large as a Calf of one or two Years old : Its Head is 
much like that of a Stag ; and its Horns, which are ve- 
ry large, like thofe of a Ram : Its Tail and Flair are 
fpeckled, and fliorter than a Stags : But its Hoof is large, 
round, and cleft as an Oxes. I have eaten of thefe 
Beaffs ; their FleBi is very tender and delicious. The 
other fort of Sheep, fome of which are White, and others 
Black, 
