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and lias a dusky red coat or shelly but it is 

 white within. This is the part used in iriedi- 

 einc, for the whole fruit is not regarded. The 

 anacardiuni^ or kernel, is said to be a cordial, 

 and a strengthener of the nerves^ but we do not 

 much use' it. There is a very sharp liquor be- 

 tween the outer and inner rinds of the shell, 

 which Will take away freckles from the skin, 

 but it is so sharp that the ladies must be cau- 

 tious how they use it. 



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The West-India-Bean^ or Cashew Nut-Tree. 



Arbor acqjou vulgo cajou. 



IT appears by the description of the anacar- 

 dium how Tcry improperly it is called a nut, 

 for it is the kernel of a large fruity though 

 growing in a singular manner. The case is just 

 the same with respect to the Cq^shew nut, for it 

 is neilher a nut nor a bean,, any more than the 

 other : but it is necessary to keep to the common 

 names^ and it is proper tbev should be mentioned 



together. 



hich produces it is large and spread 



ing ; the bark is bf a pale colour, rough and 

 tracked, and the wood is brittle. The leaves 

 are half a foot long, and two or three inches 

 broad, blunt at the end, and of a fine green 

 colour. The flowers are sraalU but they grow 

 in tuffs together. The fruit is of the bigness 

 and shape of a pear, and of an orange and pur- 

 ple colour mixt together ; the Cashew nut or 

 bean, as it is called, hangs naked from the 

 bottom of this fruit. It is of the bigness of a 

 garden beah, and indented in the manner of a 

 kidney ; it is of a greyish colour, and consists of 

 a shelly coTcring, and a fine while fleshy sub- 



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