8io JAMAICA. 



nett wt. of Oil, which grows more mellow and agreeable with age, and 

 continues without any rancid fmell or tafte for niany years. The 

 w^arm tafte of the feed which is in the oil, when firft drawn, wears otf 

 in about two years, and it may then be ufed as fallad oil, and for all 

 the purpofes of fweet oil. 



The Negroes grind the feeds between two ftone?, pnrch them, and 

 mix with other ingredients. The Jews ufe the oil in cakes, inflead of 

 butter. In iSthiopia and /Egypt it is ufed for the fame purpofes as 

 we do the olive oil. In Greece it is liberally eaten in their cakes and 

 bread ; and in China it is equally efteemed. 



The vanglo plant requires a rich warm foil ; and there are few 

 which more deferve to be exteniively cultivated in this ifland ; iince 

 it might, with the greateft propriety, be admitted into general dome- 

 ftic ufe, in the room of that abominable rancid butter imported hither 

 from Europe. Nothing but the groffell: prejudice, in favour of old 

 habits, can influence the inhabitants to perfevere in the importation of 

 that unvvholefome, naufeous rtuff, and to fwallow it every day with 

 their food, when they may fupply tliemfelves with fo fine, nourifh- 

 ing, and wholefome an oil, as the fefamum, for an ingredient in their 

 pafiry ; nor are they lefs blameable, for continuing to import the 

 olive oil, which is generally rancid before it arrives, and fitter for 

 perukes than fallads. 



170. Jack-in-a-box. — Hernandia arhorea mice oJeofa. 



This tree is common in the Windward Ifles, and is faid to be fre- 

 quent in the woods of Portland pariOi. The cups that fuffain the 

 nuts are large, and the wind, blowing into the cavity, caufes a fono- 

 rous, whiffling noife, very often alarming to travelers. The feeds 

 are very full of oil, and may be applicable probably to a variety of 

 necefiiiry ufes. 



171. Anchovy Pear, or West India Mango, Calophy^- 

 LUM — PaJmis ajpnis malus Perjica maxima, Slo. Cat. 179. 



This beautiful tree is frequent in the mountains, as well as in low 



moiff bottoms. The feeds grow very readily. The fruit is about the 



fize of an alligator's egg, and much like it in fliape, only a little more 



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