Ch. VIíI. south AMERICA. 75 



fent ; but they foon return to the fame excefles, not 

 rememberin;;, or rather choofing to forget, the me- 

 lancholv coniequcnres, 



Br what we could difrover, it is not the quahty of 

 the brandy which proves fo pernicious, but the quan- 

 tity ; tome of our company making the experiment of 

 drinking fparinaly of this hquor after eating the gui- 

 neos, and repeating it íévera! times witiiout the leaft 

 inconvenience. One method of dreíTing them, among 

 feveral others, is to roat} them in their rind, and 

 afterwards ilice them, adding a little brandy and fugar 

 to give them a firmnefs. In this manner we had theni 

 every day at our table, and the Creoles themfelves ap- 

 proved of them. 



The papayas are from ñx to eight inches in length, 

 and refemble a lemon, except that towards the ftalk 

 they are ibmewhat lefs than at the other extremity. 

 Their rind is green, the pulp white, very juicy, but 

 ■ftringy, and the tafle a gentle acid, not pungent. 

 This is the fruit of a tree, and not, like the pine-apple 

 and plátano, the produéf of a plant. Tiie guayaba 

 and the following are alio the fruit of trees. 



The guanábana approaches very near the melon, 

 but its rind is much imoother, and of a greenifli co- 

 lour. Its pulp is of a ycllowilh caft, liketliat of tome 

 melons, and not very different in taiie. But the 

 greateft dittinóiion between thefe two f nils is a nau- 

 feous fmel! in the guanaba. The feed is round, of 

 a fhining daik colour, and about two lines in diaujeter. 

 It conn its of a very fine tranfparent pellicle, and a 

 kernel folid and juicy. The fmell of this little feed is 

 much fironger and more naufeous. The natives fay, 

 that, by eating this feed, nothing is to be apprehended 

 from the fruit,' which is otherwile accounted heavy 

 and hard of digefiion ; but, though the leed has no 

 ill tañe, the Itomach is offended M its fmell. 



The fapotes are round, about two inches in circum- 

 ference, the rind thin and eafily feparated from the 



fruit : 



