Note 75 — Chapter X

The account which Labat gives of l’arbre à Savonettes does not agree in all points with mine; the difference may arise from various circumstances to which some clew might have been discovered, if attention had been paid to the subject upon the spot. He says that the leaves are three inches in length, and “cet arbre est un de plus gros, des plus grands et des meilleurs qui croissent aux isles.”—Nouveau Voyage, &c. Tom. vii. p. 383. Du Tertre says, that it grows en abondance le long de la mer; dans les lieux les plus secs et les plus arides.—Histoire des Antilles, &c. Tom. ii. p. 165. I have only heard of the Saboeiro at some distance from the coast.