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The beile bufhes were likewife not tender, 

 for they grew fpontaneoufly without being 

 planted, wherever they found a convenient, 

 place : its leaves, being covered with chalk 

 and rubbed with a piece of areca nut, com- 

 pofe the known pinang, which this and many 

 other eaftern nations chew with great relifh. 



The mange tree grows high, with expand- 

 ed branches, like the afh : the leaves are like 

 thofe of our (the white beam) cratagus aria, 

 and the fruit is reckoned the mofl wholefome 

 of all the fruits in the Indies. 



Citrus decumanus (the fhaddock, pompel- 

 mus mcifi. itin.) is a fort of great fweet ci- 

 trons ; the tree is like the citron-tree, but the 

 leaves are broader. There were alfo little 

 four citrons, lo?igan> and other forts of fruits ; 

 and likewife oiomkhoo> from which, as Le 

 Comte relates, they get the refin for their var- 

 nifh. There are olives, pear and apple-trees, 

 and likewife grapes, all which it would be te- 

 dious to mention and defcribe. It cannot be 

 faid that any of them enjoy the preference in 

 regard to culture ; for they are all of them left 



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