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attentions have produced an indelible impression on his mind. 
This voyage had very fatal results; a fever attacked most of 
the individuals of the Expedition, Commodore Nourse among 
the number, and M. Bojer was the only person who re- 
covered. His valuable collections were, however, lost, for 
want of necessary care;—those from Madagascar, from the 
banks of the Maronvoai, from Zanzibar, Pemba and Mom- 
base, all perished. But at length he obtained seeds, in a 
good state, of the much-desired Cucurbitaceous plant, which 
he gathered at Zanzibar, where it is cultivated. 
The seeds brought home by M. Bojer were distributed to 
more than forty persons, but only five female plants appeared 
among their produce. The one grown at Réduit, the 
country residence of the Governor, bore about a dozen 
fruits, which did not, however, attain to so large a size as 
What were seen at Zanzibar. 'The number of male plants 
was much more considerable than of female ones. The 
inhabitants of this country have received much advice on 
the subject of the culture of this vegetable: but as its pro- 
duce is not so large and immediate as they would desire, it 
is to be feared, that, in spite of its great utility, some time 
will elapse ere it is generally grown. Every fruit, weighing 
about 68 lbs., bears from 200 to 300 seeds, each an inch in 
diameter, and 3 or 4 lines thick. "The net produce of each 
fruit may therefore average 50 lbs. weight of kernels, and 
yield 8 lbs. of excellent oil. — vecti) SH Rte a cem C 
The kernels are very good to eat, and were much used on 
board the Andromache, both raw and prepared in various ways. 
The plant comes from the interior of Africa > it has been 
recognized by many negroes, who call it in their own 
language Souali-Konémé. When growing within reach of 
trees, it climbs, and soon reaches the top of the highest. 
Like other Cucurbitaceg, it seems to prefer a light soil, and 
the vicinity of water. In order to obtain the greater advan- 
tage from its culture, it would be oe ee to try cms 
of grafting the male stems upon the female ones, and vice- 
versa ; my Peto fecundated by M. Bojer, produced 
fruit at Petite Rivière, - 
