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potato are all purely American, and their introduction 
to Europe followed in course of time on the discovery 
of the new continent, hut certainly cocoa is second to 
none of these in value. 
The various countries which furnished Europe with 
cocoa in 1866 were as follows, according to their rank 
as exporters, viz.:— 
lbs. 
Ecuador. 22,000,000 
Brazil .8,121,132 
Venezuela, New Granada, and Nicaragua . . . 4,000,000 
Trinidad . 3,000,000 
Cuba and Porto Eico. 3,000,000 
The French West Indies and Guyana .... 720,000 
Other countries—India, English West Indies, 
Canaries, Philippine Islands, etc. 1,358,868 
iotal . 42,200,000 
But this list by no means enumerates all the cocoa¬ 
raising countries or the whole products of those men- 
tioned. Mexico, for instance, harvests 4,000,000 
pounds, yet sells but very little,—consuming nearly 
all within her borders. Guatemala, Honduras, Hayti, 
and some other countries, do not rank amongst the 
exporters, absorbing all they grow for their own con¬ 
sumption. For further particulars concerning this 
food for a god,” see 1 The Gate of the Pacific,’ pp. 
28o, 284. I have introduced the subject here, because 
the cultivation of cocoa will prove a most lucrative 
and easy means of acquiring an independence on the 
part of those whom I look forward to seeing before 
very long engaged in reclaiming and cultivating the 
fertile land of Mosquito. 
