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nevertheless sufferd to grow, & taken as much care of as the best, because they added to the quantity of the wine. Yet were they perfectly acquainted with the use of grafting, & constantly practisd it on their chestnut trees, by which means they were brought to bear sooner much than they would have done had they been allowd to remain unimprovd.
Wheel carriages I saw none in the Island of any sort or kind, indeed their roads are so intolerably bad that if they had them they could scarcely make use of them: they have however some horses & mules, wonderfully clever in traveling upon them, notwithstanding which they bring to town every drop of wine they make upon mens heads, in vessells made of goat skins: the only imitation of a carriage they have, is a board
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