A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume X - By Robert Kerr


















































































































 -  The valley in which this
church stands is extremely pleasant, and so full of fruit-trees and
excellent plants, that - Page 138
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The Valley In Which This Church Stands Is Extremely Pleasant, And So Full Of Fruit-Trees And Excellent Plants, That

It seemed like a very fair and well-cultivated garden, having long rows of lemon, orange, citron, pomegranate, date, and

Fig-trees, delighting the eye with blossoms, green fruit, and ripe, all at once. These trees seemed nicely trimmed, and there were many delightful walks under the shelter of their boughs, which were pleasant, cool, and shady. At some distance there rises a fine clear spring, which diffuses itself in many fine rivulets, all through this valley, watering all its parts, and refreshing every plant and tree. In the whole of this great garden there is hardly any unoccupied space; as, where nature may have left any part empty, there art has supplied the deficiency, so as to fill the whole space to advantage. This island also affords great abundance of partridges and pheasants, both being larger than ours in England. There are also turkeys, both black and white, with red heads, about as large as those in England, and their eggs much the same, only altogether white. There is also plenty of cabritos, or wild goats, as big as asses, and having manes like horses, and their beards reaching down to the ground. These are so numerous, that their herds or flocks are sometimes a whole mile in length. It contains also vast herds of wild-swine, which keep chiefly in the mountains, as do likewise the wild-goats.

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