a'34 on-n}ictualltng tJje navy,^c. Feh. t^, 



cocoa, or chocolate ; but I prefer the tea as arefrefli- 

 cr. 



Sugared tamarind fliould be imported dutj free ; 

 but as sugared tamarind will make, with spirits, 

 very good flirub, to preserve the sugar-revenue it 

 ihould be also mixed withisalt, as then, although it is fit 

 to cure beef or pork, or make pesche molia, it would 

 make bad ftirub. If not salted in the West Indies, 

 it fliould be mixed with salt on the Custom-house 

 wharfs. So soot is mixed with salt, when destined 

 for manure, by revenue officers. 



The Dutch are a wise people but slow ; had they ta- 

 marind at their door, they long ago, I suspect, would 

 liave exported pesche molia to the Mediterranean. 

 Tamarind is penetrating and generally consumes the 

 small bones. All East Indians agree that pesche mo- 

 iia is exceedingly grateful and piquant to the taste. 



What a field for the northern fifneries I 



The limes or lemons having, by an incision on their 

 sides, had a little bruised salt put in, in a few days are 

 thrown to dry in the sun, being 'first squeezed bj 

 the hand. They are then packed up in their former 

 pickle, and the jar or caflc filled up with vinegar. It 

 is needlefs for me to say they might also be preserved 

 Twlth sugar where they grow. 



The lascars carry with them also to sea salted ta- 

 marinds, free from stone and string, which they put 

 into all their diflice. They are also fond of the ta- 

 marind when green to put into their diflies. 



TaoMAs Forrest, 



