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xhey aie collected in earthen jars, to preserve 

 them from the dew. Two or three days' exposure 

 to the sun sufficiently dries them, when they are 

 put up in bags, containing from 60 to 120 

 pounds, and are then considered fit for sale. 

 When the berries are intended to produce white 

 pepper, they are allowed to become perfectly ripe, 

 in which state they are red. They are then well 

 rubbed in a basket, and when the pulp is washed 

 off, the seeds are white, and are immediately 

 dried for sale. The vines, however, in this case 

 are apt to die, and in the province of Malabar 

 but little white pepper is now made. 



A. good plant produces about 32 pounds : this 

 is the highest produce ; 21 pounds is the average. 

 The mango tree is preferred for supporting the 

 pepper vine, as the fruit is not affected by it ; but 

 the fruit of the jack tree, which is also used for 

 the purpose, is thought to be injured in flavour by 

 the pepper being so near it. 



The Colonel says, that the pepper plant is not 

 a vine in reality, though the knotted stem when 

 dry has much the appearance of a common grape 

 vine. The leaf, too, is different, being pointed, 

 and with deep veins in it, all meeting at the point. 



2d. Caroline amused us after dinner with a 

 singular anecdote of a musician of the name of 

 Davy ; though she was at first unwilling to relate 

 it, as she could not remember her authority. 



