The trees named Abelcoses bear fruit of like colour with the Ycaos above-mentio-
     ned, but of the bigness of melons, the seeds or kernels being as big as eggs.
     The substance of this fruit is yellow, and of a pleasant taste, which the poorest
     among the French eat instead of bread, the wild boar not caring at all for this
     fruit. These trees grow very tall and thick, being somewhat like our largest sort
     of pear-trees.
     As to the insects which this island produces, I shall only take notice of three
     sorts of flies, which excessively torment all human bodies, but more especially
     such as never before, or but a little while, were acquainted with these countries.
     The first sort of these flies are as big as our common horse-flies in Europe. And
     these, darting themselves upon men's bodies, there stick and suck their blood till
     they can no longer fly. Their importunity obliges to make almost continual use of
     branches of trees wherewith to fan them away. The Spaniards in those parts call
     them mosquitos or gnats, but the French give them the name of maranguines. The se-
     cond sort of these insects is no bigger than a grain of sand. These make no buz-
     zing noise, as the preceding species does, for which reason it is less avoidable,
     as being able also through its smallness to penetrate the finest linen or cloth.
     The hunters are forced to anoint their faces with hogs'-grease, thereby to defend
     themselves from the stings of these little animals. By night, in their huts or
     cottages, they constantly for the same purpose burn the leaves of tobacco, without
     which smoke they were not able to rest. True it is that in the daytime they are
     not very troublesome, if any wind be stirring; for this, though never so little,
     causes them to dissipate. The gnats of the third species exceed not the bigness
     of a grain of mustard. Their colour is red. These sting not at all, but bite so
     sharply upon the flesh as to create little ulcers therein. Whence it often comes
     that the face swells and is rendered hideous to the view, through their inconve-
     nience. These are chiefly troublesome by day, even from the beginning of the mor-
     ning until sun-setting, after which time they take their rest, and permit human bo-
     dies to do the same. The Spaniards gave these insects the name of rojados, and the
     French that of calarodes.
     The insects which the Spaniards call cochinillas and the English glow-worms are al-
     so to be found in these parts. These are very like such as we have in Europe, un-
     less that they are somewhat bigger and longer than ours. They have two little
     specks on their heads, which by night give so much light that three or four of
     those animals, being together upon a tree, it is not discernible at a distance
     from a bright shining fire. I had on a certain time at once three of these conchi-
     nillas in my cottage, which there continued until past midnight, shining so bright-
     ly that without any other light I could easily read in any book, although of never
     so small a print.