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and T\ew Hebrides, Rumphius defcribes fome other fpecies of 

 this tree, or of the palm which contains the fago. To that moft 

 admirable writer I mufl: refer the reader for a copious hiiiory of 

 the valuable nutriment. 



On this tree, perhaps more frequent than any palm, is found 

 lodged in the center of the pith the infea called CurcuUo Pahma- Curculio 

 rium^ Lin. Jacq. A?n. 278 ; Merian, Surin. tab. 48. fig. 3 ; the ^'''-'''"'''■'''• 

 Cojus Saguarms oi Rumpbius^ i. 78. 79. 83. tab. 17. \x.?> Cojfus^ 

 or caterpillar, is efteemed a delicacy among the natives of both 

 Indies, as the Cojfi Altiles, or fatted caterpillars, were among the 

 Romans. Pliny, lib. xvii. c. 24, fays that the largeft and moft 

 delicious were thofe of the oak, which his luxurious country- 

 men fattened with flour. 



Morty, an ifland that nearly divides the mouth of the long bay Mort 

 at the north of Gilolo, rifes with great beauty out of the fea ; it 

 is particularly noted for the fago trees ; is thinly inhabited, 

 but much frequented by parties from Gilolo, for the fake of 

 cutting the trees for the pith ; the Dutch, therefore, to prevent 

 the fmuggling of the fpices, conflantly keep fome of the country 

 vefTels cruizing between the two iflands. Morty belongs to T'er- 

 nate. 



We now arrive at the Papuan IJlands, the group which lies Papuan 

 hetyvQtnPatajiy Point 2X\di New Guinea (they take their name from " ' 

 the land of Papua, or New Guinea J, and as low as the ifland of 

 Ceram. The names of the principal are Waggioii, Gammon, 

 Patanta, Salwaity, and Myxoal, furrounded by others, finall, and 

 of little note, unlefs by being the places where the adventurous 

 Forrejl touched in his voyage in fearch of the nutmeg trees. 



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