Note 106 — Chapter XIV · CEARÁ.
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But for the existence of a shrub allied to our hawthorn, and known to botanists as Zizyphus Joazeiro, the cattle would suffer excessively during the drought. This shrub is one of the few plants common to this latitude which does not lose its foliage during the dry season, and, happily for the inhabitants, all the herbivorous domesticated animals delight to feed upon it.—L. A.