, and serves to shade the young
_Cocao-Trees_, whose tender Shoots, and even the second Leaves, are not
able to resist the scorching Beams of the Sun. For this reason they wait
till the _Manioc_ shades the Feet of the Sticks before they plant the
_Cocao-Trees_, in the manner that we shall describe in the following
Chapter.

FOOTNOTES:

[n] Relation of the River of the _Amazons_.

[o] I have added this Explication, because _Pomet_ makes it come from
_Caraqua_, of the Province of _Nicaragua_ in _New Spain_, which is
distant from _Caracas_ 5 or 600 Leagues. V. VII. Chap. xiv.

[p] Thomas Gage, _Tom. 1. Part 2. Chap. 19. Pag. 150._

[q] Rochefort's _Natural History of the _Antilloes_. Book 1. Chap. 6.
Artic. 16._

[r] Father _Tertre_'s Hist. of the _Antilloes_. Tom. 2. p. 184.

[s] These are the Savage Natives of the _Antilloes_.

[t] That Part is call'd so, which lies exposed to the Winds which come
always from the _North-East_ to the _South-East_. That Part under the
Wind, is called _Basse-Terre_.

[5] See the fifth Remark at the End of the Treatise.

[u] These violent and outrageous Winds blow from all Points of the
Compass in twenty-four Hours. And this is one material thing to
distinguish them from the regular and common Winds of this Climate.

[6] See the Remark at the sixth Article.

CHAP. III.

Of the Method of Planting a Nursery, and to cultivate it till the Fruit
comes to Maturity.

_Cocao-Trees_ are planted from the Kernel or Seed, for the Nature of the
Wood will not admit of Slips: They open a _Cocao-Shell_, and according
as they have occasion, take out the Kernels, and plant them one by one,
beginning, for example, at the first Stick: They pluck it up, and with a
sort of a Setting-Stick made of Iron, and well sharpened, they make a
Hole, and turning the Iron about, cut off the little Roots that may do
hurt. They plant the Kernel three or four Inches deep, and thrust in the
Stick they before had pluck'd up a little on one side, to serve as a
Mark: and so they proceed from Stick to Stick, and from Rank to Rank,
till they have gone through the whole Nursery.

It must be observed, 1. _Not to plant in a dry Season._ One may indeed
plant in any Month of the Year, or any Moon, new or old, when the Season
is cool, and the Place ready; but it is commonly believed, that planting
from _September_ to _Christmas_, the Trees bear more than in some
Months.

2. _Not to plant any but the largest K