vate great quantities of medick or lucern (trifolium Hifpa~-
nicum) which is. acceptable to horfes, and makes excellent
hay. The Spaniards call it alfalfa. Its roots make little
brufhes for the teeth, that are fought; after by dentiils.
The chirimoya, a very fine fruit from South America,
thrives and bears fruit in Valencia ; in a word, every
production of nature, may be faid to profper in this king?
dom(tf), for here we find corn, wine, oil, honey,, flax, fu?
(a) The following ¿ketch' exhibits the value of the principal products of Valencia.'
Silk crop annually about i . ^oo.ooolb. of 12 ounces, which fells on th e l ~ n
. > £• 75c.00Q iterling.,.
fpot, at ;a price equal to 10 s. - -- -- - - y
40.0.000lb. wt. Englifh, or 20.000 ton o f rice fox home confdmption, >
- r . I r 3<?o.oocn
at i5J. per .pound,. | - - | '? - J .
. 2-50.000 lb. Barilla9. ^ a t-io x .. - -• 7,5.0001
80.000 . Raifins r - . -- - v X • j-ss 6 d?. - 30.-0.qo>
XQ.000 Kernels -of almonds - Fo* exportation 40 j.- - - 20.000 :
10.0.00 Pipes of brandy. - , - V m l . . - - 100.000 > >
30.000.. Wine - - - - ** 4,/. - - 40*000 '
£• 1.315« 000 iterling*
Beiides great quantities of wool,1 anifeeds', cummin feeds, and many other fmaller articles, and •
a large quantity .of oil for homeconfumption. Nothing is mentioned in this account, o f cot- -
ton,, which .is a confiderable. article. I ¿hall now, ¿late the whole, as given us by Mr. Swim
burne, and reduce it into, Engljih moneys as it .makes thevannual revenue-much more con s iderable.
Silk crop o f 17 7 5 v one million of pounds at 4 dollars per pound,- - - 4.000.000. dollars«--
(though a good deal of it.fells for 3 dollars.)
Fruit of different kinds - - - - - - 2.000.000 •
Hemp at 3 dollars per arrove * - - - — 300.000 >
Rice at 1 o'dollars per-load. « - - - »- ii.400.000t.
Cotton 450.000 arroves - - . - - i.350.000'
Vintage o f 1767 wine, at 3 reals per meafure. — - - , 861.133,
9 .911.133 dollars.
Which Jum 0/ 9.911.133 dollars, at 40 d. Jleriing per dollar, is £ 16 5 5 .8 5 5 .1 o-s.Jlerling..
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gar, cotton, rice, filk, befides fruits, and plants, producing
all together near ten millions of dollars per annum.-
Few cities enjoy a more temperate air, or have more
beautiful environs. The Alameda, or public walk, is
one of the moil pleafing in Spain; if we add to the
variety o f its beautiful trees, the gaudy equipages and
numerous concourfe of people that refort there, it forms
fo. piclurefque a fcene enlivened by the fields-, with a
view o f the city and bridges, as feems to furpafs the ut-
moil powers of defcription and- were public fpirit
equal to its natural blefllngs, would nearly refemble
the marvellous fcenes of romance ! Such is the beauti?
fuLValencia, like the garden.of Paradife in.Milton:.
A - h a p p y r u r a l f e a t o F v a r i o u s v i e w
G r o v e s w h o f e r i c h t r e e s w e p t o d o r o u s g u m s a n d b a l m , ■
O t h e r s w h o f e . f r u i t b u r n i l h ’ d w i t h g o l d e n r i n d
H u n g a m i a b l e ! H e f p e r i a n f a b l e s t r u e , .
I f t r u e , h e r e o n l y , a n d o f d e l i c i o u s t a f t e —