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taneously in the East Indies and Cochinchina. It is 

 cultivated with such success in Malacca, Java, and 

 especially in Sumatra, that it is from thence exported 

 to every part of the world. It is exported also from 

 Cochinchina. 



White Pepper was formerly thought to be a differ- 

 ent species from the Black; but it is nothing more 

 than the ripe berries deprived of their skin by steep- 

 ing them about a fortnight in water, after which they 

 are dried in the sun. The berries falling to the ground 

 when over-ripe lose their outer coat, and are sold as 

 an inferior sort of White Pepper. 



Black Pepper is the strongest and the hottest of 

 them all; and is most commonly used for medical as 

 well as culinary purposes. That which is called Cayan 

 Pepper is produced from a plant in the West Indies, 

 of a very different genus, called Capsicum, of which 

 there are rive species; and that particular species from 

 which the Cayan is made, is Capsicum grossum. 



Jamaica Pepper is the dried unripe fruit of the 

 Myrtus pimenta of Linnaeus, a plant of the twelfth 

 Class of his system. It is a round fruit, with a 

 duskish, hard, and rough rind, containing within it 

 two black kernels of an aromatic smell and taste, ap- 

 proaching to that of Cloves, yet partaking, in some 

 degree, of the odour and taste of all the other species, 

 whence it has obtained the name of All-spice. The 

 tree which produces it, rises to the height of thirty or 

 forty feet; and in a rich soil, will grow even to the 

 height of an hundred feet. The leaves are like those 



