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Is the produce of Rarbadoes, Jamaica, Nevis, &c. 
When ch beat sical sa i » “3 
into feveral unequal particles, that, although fharp fo 
the valate, are nourifhing to the conftitution. ee 
Thefe trees grow in at the Spanifh Weftindiés, Ja> — 
maica, &c. where they commonly produce fruit'ev- 4 
ery feven years at molt, after the frit planting : But, - 
in the interim, they are fonietimes twice or three — 
times removed ; when great care is taken to fecure | 
them, with fuch fhade as may preferve them from ~ 
the intenfe heat of the fun. Being once reared, they © 
are not liable to this injury ; and, therefore, the pre- | i 
caution being no longer neceffary, 1s difcontinued ; ¥ 
for, being ranged in rows with fhady’plantains, they” 
are both mutually fheltered by each other from the 
parching fin, and boifterous winds. It isa tree of 
{ingular beauty, profit and utility. Its large, bread 
and green leaves, hang like fo many fhields, as if to” 
defend the tender and valuable fruit trom injury. 
As the fruit adheres to the large branches, the tree 
appears as if moft beautifully itudded, from ‘the root | 
to the moft large and expanding branches. 1 ie 
The cocoa nuts, affording to the tndians and Span- 
iards food, raiment, riches and delight, are received | 
in payment, as currency. 
itis unneceffary to add, that, from this extraordi- > 
nary tree, that wholefome beverage chocolate. is | 
"made, in fuch quantities as to fupply the greater part, 
of the world with: a liquor diftinguifhed for its Untri- 7 
tive and reftorative qualities. eat 









This plant bears on each joint a cane, five or phn 
high, and adorned with long, ftraight, green leaves, 
fimilar to flags, or fleurdelis. On the top they have 
a plume of filyer coloured flowers. ‘The canes con- 
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