AT JAVA. 1751* 15* 



There was another round fruit like fmall 

 China oranges, with a green warty peel, which 

 was called Fompelmufs by the Java people : 1 

 have feen but few of them. They were rec- 

 koned more valuable than the Citrus decumana, 

 and had a fweeter and more agreeable tafte. 

 himon tuberofus Martinicus ; Malaice Lemon* 

 blartin, Rumph. ii. p. 10 1, t. 26? 



MvsAparadiftacaL'mn. Plaintain tree, or 

 Pifang, has yellow, foft fruit, which looks 

 like fingers, being feated on the ftalks in fuch 

 a manner as to refemble two hands. If you 

 will keep the fruit for fome weeks together, 

 you mutt buy it green, and then it gradually 

 ripens, and is pretty good to eat as foon as the 

 rind is turned yellow, which eafily peels off. 

 It is faid that this is the forbidden fruit, which 

 threw our firft parents into mifery. 



Java monkies, Simla Aygula Linn, caudata 

 fubbarbata eminentia pilofa verticis longitudina- 

 lis. The feamen call them Tjacko, and this is 

 perhaps the true name which the people of 

 Java give to this animal. It is no bigger 

 than a little cat, of a light grey, or greyilh 

 colour, and this is Ukewife the colour of the 

 L 4 tufc 



